#51DBC4#51DBC4

#51DBC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.123 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBC4
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 196)
HSL	hsl(170, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 10.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -42.55, 0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 42.55, 179.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1233 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.123 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6840, 56.3937, 61.0602)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBC4 #DB5168

analogous

#51DB7F #51DBC4 #51ADDB

triadic

#51DBC4 #C451DB #DBC451

tetradic

#51DBC4 #7F51DB #DB5168 #ADDB51

square

#51DBC4 #7F51DB #DB5168 #ADDB51

split-complementary

#51DBC4 #DB51AD #DB7F51

monochromatic

#1E9380 #29C6AC #51DBC4 #84E5D5 #B6F0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51DBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#51DBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBC4

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBC4	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.123 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d5',
    500: '#51dbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbc4;
$custom-light: #91e7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81072,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBC4

secondary

#983848

accent

#3F5BE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBC4

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

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