#51DCC5#51DCC5

#51DCC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.124 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCC5
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 197)
HSL	hsl(170, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -42.74, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 42.74, 179.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.1239 0)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.124 180)
XYZ	xyz(39.0598, 56.9627, 61.7489)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCC5 #DC5168

analogous

#51DC80 #51DCC5 #51AEDC

triadic

#51DCC5 #C551DC #DCC551

tetradic

#51DCC5 #8051DC #DC5168 #AEDC51

square

#51DCC5 #8051DC #DC5168 #AEDC51

split-complementary

#51DCC5 #DC51AE #DC8051

monochromatic

#1E9581 #28C8AD #51DCC5 #84E6D6 #B7F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#51DCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCC5

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCC5	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.124 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d6',
    500: '#51dcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcc5;
$custom-light: #91e7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.072,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81342,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.56967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCC5

secondary

#993848

accent

#3E5BE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCC5

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

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