#51DBB9#51DBB9

#51DBB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.129 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBB9
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 185)
HSL	hsl(165, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 15.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -45.26, 5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 45.63, 172.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1282 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.129 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4776, 55.9111, 54.7064)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBB9 #DB5173

analogous

#51DB74 #51DBB9 #51B8DB

triadic

#51DBB9 #B951DB #DBB951

tetradic

#51DBB9 #7451DB #DB5173 #B8DB51

square

#51DBB9 #7451DB #DB5173 #B8DB51

split-complementary

#51DBB9 #DB51B8 #DB7451

monochromatic

#1E9376 #29C69F #51DBB9 #84E5CD #B6F0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#51DBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#51DBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBB9

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBB9	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.129 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e7ce',
    500: '#51dbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbb9;
$custom-light: #90e7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.217,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80757,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBB9

secondary

#983850

accent

#3F69E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFA

border

#CFD5D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBB9

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

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