#51E1DC#51E1DC

#51E1DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.121 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51E1DC
RGB	rgb(81, 225, 220)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 2.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -38.97, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 39.98, 192.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.1189 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.121 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2310, 60.7623, 77.1462)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51E1DC #E15156

analogous

#51E194 #51E1DC #519EE1

triadic

#51E1DC #DC51E1 #E1DC51

tetradic

#51E1DC #9451E1 #E15156 #9EE151

square

#51E1DC #9451E1 #E15156 #9EE151

split-complementary

#51E1DC #E1519E #E19451

monochromatic

#1B9D98 #24D1CB #51E1DC #85EAE7 #B9F3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#51E1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#51E1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51E1DC

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51E1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51E1DC	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51e1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 225, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.121 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ebe6',
    500: '#51e1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51e1dc;
$custom-light: #93ebe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51e1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.917,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83248,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51E1DC

secondary

#A0363A

accent

#3A41ED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51E1DC

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

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