#51DCAC#51DCAC

#51DCAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.139 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCAC
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 172)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -48.71, 12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 50.33, 165.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1352 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.139 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4291, 55.9104, 47.8937)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCAC #DC5181

analogous

#51DC67 #51DCAC #51C6DC

triadic

#51DCAC #AC51DC #DCAC51

tetradic

#51DCAC #6751DC #DC5181 #C6DC51

square

#51DCAC #6751DC #DC5181 #C6DC51

split-complementary

#51DCAC #DC51C6 #DC6751

monochromatic

#1E956C #28C891 #51DCAC #84E6C4 #B7F0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#51DCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#51DCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCAC

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCAC	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)

#D7CDA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.139 166.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.281,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80658,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCAC

secondary

#99385A

accent

#3E79E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCAC

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

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