#51DCA8#51DCA8

#51DCA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.142 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCA8
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 168)
HSL	hsl(158, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(158, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -49.60, 14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 51.72, 163.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.137 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.142 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0507, 55.7591, 45.9009)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCA8 #DC5185

analogous

#51DC63 #51DCA8 #51CBDC

triadic

#51DCA8 #A851DC #DCA851

tetradic

#51DCA8 #6351DC #DC5185 #CBDC51

square

#51DCA8 #6351DC #DC5185 #CBDC51

split-complementary

#51DCA8 #DC51CB #DC6351

monochromatic

#1E9568 #28C88C #51DCA8 #84E6C1 #B7F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#51DCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#51DCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCA8

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCA8	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CDA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.142 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8c2',
    500: '#51dca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dca8;
$custom-light: #90e8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.554,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80559,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCA8

secondary

#99385C

accent

#3E7EE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCA8

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

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