#51DCC8#51DCC8

#51DCC8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.123 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCC8
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 200)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 9.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -41.98, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 42.00, 181.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.1225 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.123 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4070, 57.1016, 63.5773)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCC8 #DC5165

analogous

#51DC83 #51DCC8 #51ABDC

triadic

#51DCC8 #C851DC #DCC851

tetradic

#51DCC8 #8351DC #DC5165 #ABDC51

square

#51DCC8 #8351DC #DC5165 #ABDC51

split-complementary

#51DCC8 #DC51AB #DC8351

monochromatic

#1E9584 #28C8B1 #51DCC8 #84E6D8 #B7F0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#51DCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCC8

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCC8	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.123 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d8',
    500: '#51dcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcc8;
$custom-light: #91e7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.367,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCC8

secondary

#993846

accent

#3E57E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCC8

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

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