#51DBC8#51DBC8

#51DBC8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.122 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBC8
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 200)
HSL	hsl(172, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 8.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -41.54, -1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 41.57, 182.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.1215 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.122 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1453, 56.5783, 63.4901)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBC8 #DB5164

analogous

#51DB83 #51DBC8 #51A9DB

triadic

#51DBC8 #C851DB #DBC851

tetradic

#51DBC8 #8351DB #DB5164 #A9DB51

square

#51DBC8 #8351DB #DB5164 #A9DB51

split-complementary

#51DBC8 #DB51A9 #DB8351

monochromatic

#1E9383 #29C6B0 #51DBC8 #84E5D8 #B6F0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51DBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#51DBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBC8

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBC8	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.122 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d8',
    500: '#51dbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbc8;
$custom-light: #91e7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81191,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBC8

secondary

#983845

accent

#3F56E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBC8

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

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