#51DEC6#51DEC6

#51DEC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DEC6
RGB	rgb(81, 222, 198)
HSL	hsl(170, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -43.37, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 43.37, 179.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.1255 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.125 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7028, 58.0648, 62.5304)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DEC6 #DE5169

analogous

#51DE80 #51DEC6 #51B0DE

triadic

#51DEC6 #C651DE #DEC651

tetradic

#51DEC6 #8051DE #DE5169 #B0DE51

square

#51DEC6 #8051DE #DE5169 #B0DE51

split-complementary

#51DEC6 #DE51B0 #DE8051

monochromatic

#1D9883 #27CBAF #51DEC6 #84E8D7 #B8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#51DEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#51DEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DEC6

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DEC6	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 222, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e9d7',
    500: '#51dec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dec6;
$custom-light: #91e9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.787,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81852,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DEC6

secondary

#9C3748

accent

#3D5AEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DEC6

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

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