#51DCB9#51DCB9

#51DCB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.130 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCB9
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 185)
HSL	hsl(165, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -45.69, 6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 46.11, 172.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.1292 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.13 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7392, 56.4345, 54.7936)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCB9 #DC5174

analogous

#51DC74 #51DCB9 #51BADC

triadic

#51DCB9 #B951DC #DCB951

tetradic

#51DCB9 #7451DC #DC5174 #BADC51

square

#51DCB9 #7451DC #DC5174 #BADC51

split-complementary

#51DCB9 #DC51BA #DC7451

monochromatic

#1E9577 #28C89F #51DCB9 #84E6CD #B7F0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51DCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#51DCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCB9

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCB9	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.130 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e7ce',
    500: '#51dcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcb9;
$custom-light: #90e7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.892,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCB9

secondary

#993850

accent

#3E69E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFA

border

#CFD5D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCB9

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

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