#51DBC5#51DBC5

#51DBC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.123 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBC5
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 197)
HSL	hsl(170, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 10%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -42.30, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 42.30, 180.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.1228 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.123 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7982, 56.4394, 61.6617)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBC5 #DB5167

analogous

#51DB80 #51DBC5 #51ACDB

triadic

#51DBC5 #C551DB #DBC551

tetradic

#51DBC5 #8051DB #DB5167 #ACDB51

square

#51DBC5 #8051DB #DB5167 #ACDB51

split-complementary

#51DBC5 #DB51AC #DB8051

monochromatic

#1E9381 #29C6AD #51DBC5 #84E5D6 #B6F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51DBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#51DBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBC5

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBC5	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.123 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d6',
    500: '#51dbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbc5;
$custom-light: #91e7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81101,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBC5

secondary

#983847

accent

#3F5AE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBC5

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

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