#51DCAF#51DCAF

#51DCAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCAF
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 175)
HSL	hsl(161, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(161, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 20.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -48.03, 11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 49.31, 166.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.1338 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.137 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7205, 56.0270, 49.4282)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCAF #DC517E

analogous

#51DC6A #51DCAF #51C3DC

triadic

#51DCAF #AF51DC #DCAF51

tetradic

#51DCAF #6A51DC #DC517E #C3DC51

square

#51DCAF #6A51DC #DC517E #C3DC51

split-complementary

#51DCAF #DC51C3 #DC6A51

monochromatic

#1E956E #28C894 #51DCAF #84E6C6 #B7F0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#51DCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#51DCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCAF

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCAF	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e8c6',
    500: '#51dcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcaf;
$custom-light: #90e8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.576,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80735,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCAF

secondary

#993857

accent

#3E76E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCAF

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

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