#51DBD3#51DBD3

#51DBD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.118 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBD3
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 211)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -38.66, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 39.30, 190.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1167 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.118 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4774, 57.1111, 70.5057)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBD3 #DB5159

analogous

#51DB8E #51DBD3 #519EDB

triadic

#51DBD3 #D351DB #DBD351

tetradic

#51DBD3 #8E51DB #DB5159 #9EDB51

square

#51DBD3 #8E51DB #DB5159 #9EDB51

split-complementary

#51DBD3 #DB519E #DB8E51

monochromatic

#1E938C #29C6BD #51DBD3 #84E5E0 #B6F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#51DBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBD3

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBD3	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.118 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6e0',
    500: '#51dbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbd3;
$custom-light: #92e6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81535,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBD3

secondary

#98383E

accent

#3F49E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBD3

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

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