#51DBDC#51DBDC

#51DBDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.117 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBDC
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -36.22, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 38.00, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.1129 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.117 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6374, 57.5751, 76.6150)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBDC #DC5251

analogous

#51DC98 #51DBDC #5196DC

triadic

#51DBDC #DC51DB #DBDC51

tetradic

#51DBDC #9851DC #DC5251 #96DC51

square

#51DBDC #9851DC #DC5251 #96DC51

split-complementary

#51DBDC #DC5196 #DC9851

monochromatic

#1E9495 #28C6C8 #51DBDC #84E6E6 #B7F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#51DBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBDC

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBDC	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.117 195.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.432,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81831,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBDC

secondary

#993938

accent

#403EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBDC

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

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