#51D0DB#51D0DB

#51D0DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.111 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D0DB
RGB	rgb(81, 208, 219)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -31.31, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 35.09, 206.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.1022 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.111 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7299, 51.9714, 74.9944)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D0DB #DB5C51

analogous

#51DBA1 #51D0DB #518BDB

triadic

#51D0DB #DB51D0 #D0DB51

tetradic

#51D0DB #A151DB #DB5C51 #8BDB51

square

#51D0DB #A151DB #DB5C51 #8BDB51

split-complementary

#51D0DB #DB518B #DBA151

monochromatic

#1E8A93 #29B9C6 #51D0DB #84DEE5 #B6EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#51D0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#51D0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D0DB

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D0DB	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 208, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.111 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dee6',
    500: '#51d0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d0db;
$custom-light: #91dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.783,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79204,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D0DB

secondary

#984038

accent

#4D3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D0DB

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

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