#51DBD6#51DBD6

#51DBD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.118 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBD6
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 214)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -37.85, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 38.81, 192.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.1154 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.118 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8570, 57.2629, 72.5049)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBD6 #DB5156

analogous

#51DB91 #51DBD6 #519BDB

triadic

#51DBD6 #D651DB #DBD651

tetradic

#51DBD6 #9151DB #DB5156 #9BDB51

square

#51DBD6 #9151DB #DB5156 #9BDB51

split-complementary

#51DBD6 #DB519B #DB9151

monochromatic

#1E938F #29C6C0 #51DBD6 #84E5E2 #B6F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#51DBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBD6

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBD6	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.118 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6e2',
    500: '#51dbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbd6;
$custom-light: #92e6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81632,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBD6

secondary

#98383C

accent

#3F45E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBD6

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

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