#51DBDB#51DBDB

#51DBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.117 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBDB
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -36.49, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 38.12, 196.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.1133 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.117 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5054, 57.5223, 75.9196)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBDB #DB5151

analogous

#51DB96 #51DBDB #5196DB

triadic

#51DBDB #DB51DB #DBDB51

tetradic

#51DBDB #9651DB #DB5151 #96DB51

square

#51DBDB #9651DB #DB5151 #96DB51

split-complementary

#51DBDB #DB5196 #DB9651

monochromatic

#1E9393 #29C6C6 #51DBDB #84E5E5 #B6F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#51DBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBDB

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBDB	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.117 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6e6',
    500: '#51dbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbdb;
$custom-light: #92e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBDB

secondary

#983838

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBDB

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

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