#51DACB#51DACB

#51DACB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.120 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DACB
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 203)
HSL	hsl(173, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -40.31, -3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 40.47, 185.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1192 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.12 185)
XYZ	xyz(39.2393, 56.1997, 65.2680)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DACB #DA5160

analogous

#51DA86 #51DACB #51A4DA

triadic

#51DACB #CB51DA #DACB51

tetradic

#51DACB #8651DA #DA5160 #A4DA51

square

#51DACB #8651DA #DA5160 #A4DA51

split-complementary

#51DACB #DA51A4 #DA8651

monochromatic

#1F9285 #2AC4B3 #51DACB #83E5DA #B6EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#51DACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#51DACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DACB

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DACB	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.120 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e6da',
    500: '#51dacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dacb;
$custom-light: #91e6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.431,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81044,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.56204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DACB

secondary

#973943

accent

#4052E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DACB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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