#51DCC2#51DCC2

#51DCC2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.125 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCC2
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 194)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -43.49, 1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 43.53, 177.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.1252 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.125 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7195, 56.8266, 59.9565)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCC2 #DC516B

analogous

#51DC7D #51DCC2 #51B1DC

triadic

#51DCC2 #C251DC #DCC251

tetradic

#51DCC2 #7D51DC #DC516B #B1DC51

square

#51DCC2 #7D51DC #DC516B #B1DC51

split-complementary

#51DCC2 #DC51B1 #DC7D51

monochromatic

#1E957E #28C8AA #51DCC2 #84E6D4 #B7F0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#51DCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#51DCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCC2

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCC2	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.125 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d4',
    500: '#51dcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcc2;
$custom-light: #91e7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.777,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81254,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCC2

secondary

#99384A

accent

#3E5EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCC2

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

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