#51DCAB#51DCAB

#51DCAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.140 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCAB
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 171)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 22.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -48.94, 13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 50.68, 164.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.1356 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.14 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3334, 55.8722, 47.3898)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCAB #DC5182

analogous

#51DC66 #51DCAB #51C8DC

triadic

#51DCAB #AB51DC #DCAB51

tetradic

#51DCAB #6651DC #DC5182 #C8DC51

square

#51DCAB #6651DC #DC5182 #C8DC51

split-complementary

#51DCAB #DC51C8 #DC6651

monochromatic

#1E956B #28C88F #51DCAB #84E6C4 #B7F0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#51DCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#51DCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCAB

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCAB	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.140 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8c4',
    500: '#51dcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcab;
$custom-light: #90e8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.849,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80633,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCAB

secondary

#99385A

accent

#3E7BE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCAB

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

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