#51DEAD#51DEAD

#51DEAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.141 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DEAD
RGB	rgb(81, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(159, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 22.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -49.32, 13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 51.01, 165.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.1367 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.141 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0535, 57.0051, 48.5774)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DEAD #DE5182

analogous

#51DE67 #51DEAD #51C9DE

triadic

#51DEAD #AD51DE #DEAD51

tetradic

#51DEAD #6751DE #DE5182 #C9DE51

square

#51DEAD #6751DE #DE5182 #C9DE51

split-complementary

#51DEAD #DE51C9 #DE6751

monochromatic

#1D986D #27CB92 #51DEAD #84E8C5 #B8F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#51DEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DEAD

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DEAD	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)

#D9CFAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.141 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e9c5',
    500: '#51dead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dead;
$custom-light: #90e9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.149,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81172,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DEAD

secondary

#9C375A

accent

#3D79EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FDF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DEAD

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

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