#51E3DC#51E3DC

#51E3DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.123 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51E3DC
RGB	rgb(81, 227, 220)
HSL	hsl(177, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -39.88, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 40.68, 191.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.1209 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.123 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7748, 61.8499, 77.3275)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51E3DC #E35158

analogous

#51E393 #51E3DC #51A1E3

triadic

#51E3DC #DC51E3 #E3DC51

tetradic

#51E3DC #9351E3 #E35158 #A1E351

square

#51E3DC #9351E3 #E35158 #A1E351

split-complementary

#51E3DC #E351A1 #E39351

monochromatic

#1AA099 #22D5CC #51E3DC #86EBE7 #BAF4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#51E3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#51E3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51E3DC

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51E3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51E3DC	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51e3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 227, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.123 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ece6',
    500: '#51e3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51e3dc;
$custom-light: #93ece6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51e3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.123,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83721,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51E3DC

secondary

#A3353B

accent

#111BD4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #51E3DC

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

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