#51DCC6#51DCC6

#51DCC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.123 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCC6
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 198)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 10%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -42.49, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 42.49, 180.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.1234 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.123 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1748, 57.0087, 62.3543)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCC6 #DC5167

analogous

#51DC81 #51DCC6 #51ACDC

triadic

#51DCC6 #C651DC #DCC651

tetradic

#51DCC6 #8151DC #DC5167 #ACDC51

square

#51DCC6 #8151DC #DC5167 #ACDC51

split-complementary

#51DCC6 #DC51AC #DC8151

monochromatic

#1E9582 #28C8AE #51DCC6 #84E6D7 #B7F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#51DCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCC6

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCC6	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.123 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d7',
    500: '#51dcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcc6;
$custom-light: #91e7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.504,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81371,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCC6

secondary

#993847

accent

#3E59E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCC6

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

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