#51DCCC#51DCCC

#51DCCC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.121 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCCC
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 204)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 7.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -40.95, -3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 41.08, 184.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.1208 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.121 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8806, 57.2910, 66.0715)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCCC #DC5161

analogous

#51DC87 #51DCCC #51A6DC

triadic

#51DCCC #CC51DC #DCCC51

tetradic

#51DCCC #8751DC #DC5161 #A6DC51

square

#51DCCC #8751DC #DC5161 #A6DC51

split-complementary

#51DCCC #DC51A6 #DC8751

monochromatic

#1E9587 #28C8B5 #51DCCC #84E6DB #B7F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#51DCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCCC

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCCC	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.121 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7db',
    500: '#51dccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dccc;
$custom-light: #91e7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.094,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81553,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCCC

secondary

#993843

accent

#3E52E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCCC

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

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