#51DCA9#51DCA9

#51DCA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.141 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCA9
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 169)
HSL	hsl(158, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(158, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 23.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -49.38, 14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 51.37, 164.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.1365 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.141 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1442, 55.7965, 46.3934)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCA9 #DC5184

analogous

#51DC64 #51DCA9 #51C9DC

triadic

#51DCA9 #A951DC #DCA951

tetradic

#51DCA9 #6451DC #DC5184 #C9DC51

square

#51DCA9 #6451DC #DC5184 #C9DC51

split-complementary

#51DCA9 #DC51C9 #DC6451

monochromatic

#1E9569 #28C88D #51DCA9 #84E6C2 #B7F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#51DCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#51DCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCA9

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCA9	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CDA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.141 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8c2',
    500: '#51dca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dca9;
$custom-light: #90e8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.986,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80584,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCA9

secondary

#99385C

accent

#3E7DE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCA9

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

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