#51DCA6#51DCA6

#51DCA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.144 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCA6
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 166)
HSL	hsl(157, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(157, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 24.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -50.04, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 52.43, 162.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.1379 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.144 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8658, 55.6851, 44.9271)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCA6 #DC5187

analogous

#51DC61 #51DCA6 #51CCDC

triadic

#51DCA6 #A651DC #DCA651

tetradic

#51DCA6 #6151DC #DC5187 #CCDC51

square

#51DCA6 #6151DC #DC5187 #CCDC51

split-complementary

#51DCA6 #DC51CC #DC6151

monochromatic

#1E9567 #28C88A #51DCA6 #84E6C0 #B7F0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#51DCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#51DCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCA6

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCA6	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.144 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8c0',
    500: '#51dca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dca6;
$custom-light: #90e8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.691,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80511,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCA6

secondary

#99385E

accent

#3E81E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCA6

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

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