#51DCC3#51DCC3

#51DCC3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.125 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCC3
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 195)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 11.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -43.24, 1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 43.26, 178.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.1247 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.125 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8322, 56.8717, 60.5500)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCC3 #DC516A

analogous

#51DC7E #51DCC3 #51AFDC

triadic

#51DCC3 #C351DC #DCC351

tetradic

#51DCC3 #7E51DC #DC516A #AFDC51

square

#51DCC3 #7E51DC #DC516A #AFDC51

split-complementary

#51DCC3 #DC51AF #DC7E51

monochromatic

#1E957F #28C8AB #51DCC3 #84E6D5 #B7F0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#51DCC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#51DCC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCC3

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCC3	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CFC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.125 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d5',
    500: '#51dcc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcc3;
$custom-light: #91e7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.209,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81283,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCC3

secondary

#993849

accent

#3E5DE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCC3

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

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