#51DBD9#51DBD9

#51DBD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.118 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBD9
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 217)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -37.04, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 38.38, 195.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1141 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.118 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2437, 57.4176, 74.5413)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBD9 #DB5153

analogous

#51DB94 #51DBD9 #5198DB

triadic

#51DBD9 #D951DB #DBD951

tetradic

#51DBD9 #9451DB #DB5153 #98DB51

square

#51DBD9 #9451DB #DB5153 #98DB51

split-complementary

#51DBD9 #DB5198 #DB9451

monochromatic

#1E9391 #29C6C4 #51DBD9 #84E5E4 #B6F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#51DBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBD9

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBD9	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.118 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6e4',
    500: '#51dbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbd9;
$custom-light: #92e6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81731,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBD9

secondary

#98383A

accent

#3F42E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBD9

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

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