#51DBC9#51DBC9

#51DBC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.121 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBC9
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 201)
HSL	hsl(172, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 8.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -41.28, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 41.34, 183.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.1211 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.121 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2626, 56.6252, 64.1076)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBC9 #DB5163

analogous

#51DB84 #51DBC9 #51A8DB

triadic

#51DBC9 #C951DB #DBC951

tetradic

#51DBC9 #8451DB #DB5163 #A8DB51

square

#51DBC9 #8451DB #DB5163 #A8DB51

split-complementary

#51DBC9 #DB51A8 #DB8451

monochromatic

#1E9384 #29C6B1 #51DBC9 #84E5D9 #B6F0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#51DBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#51DBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBC9

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBC9	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.121 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7d9',
    500: '#51dbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbc9;
$custom-light: #91e7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81222,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBC9

secondary

#983845

accent

#3F55E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBC9

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

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