#51DBCE#51DBCE

#51DBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.120 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBCE
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 5.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -39.98, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 40.25, 186.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1189 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.12 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8603, 56.8643, 67.2557)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBCE #DB515E

analogous

#51DB89 #51DBCE #51A3DB

triadic

#51DBCE #CE51DB #DBCE51

tetradic

#51DBCE #8951DB #DB515E #A3DB51

square

#51DBCE #8951DB #DB515E #A3DB51

split-complementary

#51DBCE #DB51A3 #DB8951

monochromatic

#1E9388 #29C6B7 #51DBCE #84E5DC #B6F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#51DBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#51DBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBCE

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBCE	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.120 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7dc',
    500: '#51dbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbce;
$custom-light: #91e7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.348,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81376,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBCE

secondary

#983841

accent

#3F4FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBCE

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

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