#51DBC6#51DBC6

#51DBC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.122 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBC6
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 198)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 9.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -42.05, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 42.05, 180.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.1224 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.122 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9131, 56.4854, 62.2671)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBC6 #DB5166

analogous

#51DB81 #51DBC6 #51ABDB

triadic

#51DBC6 #C651DB #DBC651

tetradic

#51DBC6 #8151DB #DB5166 #ABDB51

square

#51DBC6 #8151DB #DB5166 #ABDB51

split-complementary

#51DBC6 #DB51AB #DB8151

monochromatic

#1E9381 #29C6AE #51DBC6 #84E5D7 #B6F0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51DBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#51DBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBC6

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBC6	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.122 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d7',
    500: '#51dbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbc6;
$custom-light: #91e7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.87,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81131,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBC6

secondary

#983847

accent

#3F59E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBC6

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

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