#51DBA9#51DBA9

#51DBA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.140 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBA9
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 169)
HSL	hsl(158, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(158, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 22.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -48.97, 13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 50.86, 164.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.1355 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.14 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8826, 55.2732, 46.3062)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBA9 #DB5183

analogous

#51DB64 #51DBA9 #51C8DB

triadic

#51DBA9 #A951DB #DBA951

tetradic

#51DBA9 #6451DB #DB5183 #C8DB51

square

#51DBA9 #6451DB #DB5183 #C8DB51

split-complementary

#51DBA9 #DB51C8 #DB6451

monochromatic

#1E9369 #29C68D #51DBA9 #84E5C2 #B6F0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#51DBA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#51DBA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBA9

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBA9	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.140 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e7c2',
    500: '#51dba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dba9;
$custom-light: #90e7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.261,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80339,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBA9

secondary

#98385B

accent

#3F7DE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBA9

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

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