#51DCAD#51DCAD

#51DCAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.138 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCAD
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 173)
HSL	hsl(160, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(160, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 21.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -48.49, 12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 49.99, 165.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.1347 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.138 167)
XYZ	xyz(36.5255, 55.9490, 48.4014)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCAD #DC5180

analogous

#51DC68 #51DCAD #51C6DC

triadic

#51DCAD #AD51DC #DCAD51

tetradic

#51DCAD #6851DC #DC5180 #C6DC51

square

#51DCAD #6851DC #DC5180 #C6DC51

split-complementary

#51DCAD #DC51C6 #DC6851

monochromatic

#1E956D #28C892 #51DCAD #84E6C5 #B7F0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#51DCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#51DCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCAD

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCAD	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.138 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8c5',
    500: '#51dcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcad;
$custom-light: #90e8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.712,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80684,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.55953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCAD

secondary

#993859

accent

#3E78E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCAD

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

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