#51DBD5#51DBD5

#51DBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.118 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBD5
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 213)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 2.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -38.12, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 38.97, 191.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.1159 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.118 191)
XYZ	xyz(40.7297, 57.2120, 71.8344)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBD5 #DB5157

analogous

#51DB90 #51DBD5 #519CDB

triadic

#51DBD5 #D551DB #DBD551

tetradic

#51DBD5 #9051DB #DB5157 #9CDB51

square

#51DBD5 #9051DB #DB5157 #9CDB51

split-complementary

#51DBD5 #DB519C #DB9051

monochromatic

#1E938E #29C6BF #51DBD5 #84E5E1 #B6F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#51DBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBD5

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBD5	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.118 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6e1',
    500: '#51dbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbd5;
$custom-light: #92e6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81599,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.57216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBD5

secondary

#98383C

accent

#3F47E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBD5

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

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