#51DBDA#51DBDA

#51DBDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.117 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBDA
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 218)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -36.77, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 38.24, 195.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.1137 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.117 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3741, 57.4698, 75.2284)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBDA #DB5152

analogous

#51DB95 #51DBDA #5197DB

triadic

#51DBDA #DA51DB #DBDA51

tetradic

#51DBDA #9551DB #DB5152 #97DB51

square

#51DBDA #9551DB #DB5152 #97DB51

split-complementary

#51DBDA #DB5197 #DB9551

monochromatic

#1E9392 #29C6C5 #51DBDA #84E5E5 #B6F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#51DBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBDA

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBDA	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.117 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6e5',
    500: '#51dbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbda;
$custom-light: #92e6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.565,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81764,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBDA

secondary

#983839

accent

#3F40E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBDA

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

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