#51DBDD#51DBDD

#51DBDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.117 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBDD
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -35.94, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 37.89, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.1125 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.117 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7703, 57.6282, 77.3146)
Luminance	0.5763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBDD #DD5351

analogous

#51DD99 #51DBDD #5195DD

triadic

#51DBDD #DD51DB #DBDD51

tetradic

#51DBDD #9951DD #DD5351 #95DD51

square

#51DBDD #9951DD #DD5351 #95DD51

split-complementary

#51DBDD #DD5195 #DD9951

monochromatic

#1D9596 #27C7C9 #51DBDD #84E6E7 #B7F0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#51DBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBDD

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBDD	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.117 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e7',
    500: '#51dbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbdd;
$custom-light: #93e6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81865,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBDD

secondary

#9B3938

accent

#403EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBDD

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

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