#51DBD8#51DBD8

#51DBD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.118 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBD8
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 216)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -37.31, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 38.51, 194.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.1146 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.118 193)
XYZ	xyz(41.1140, 57.3657, 73.8583)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBD8 #DB5154

analogous

#51DB93 #51DBD8 #5199DB

triadic

#51DBD8 #D851DB #DBD851

tetradic

#51DBD8 #9351DB #DB5154 #99DB51

square

#51DBD8 #9351DB #DB5154 #99DB51

split-complementary

#51DBD8 #DB5199 #DB9351

monochromatic

#1E9391 #29C6C2 #51DBD8 #84E5E3 #B6F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#51DBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBD8

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBD8	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.118 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6e4',
    500: '#51dbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbd8;
$custom-light: #92e6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.5737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBD8

secondary

#98383A

accent

#3F43E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBD8

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

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