#51DBDE#51DBDE

#51DBDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.117 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBDE
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -35.67, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 37.79, 199.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.112 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.117 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9039, 57.6817, 78.0183)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBDE #DE5451

analogous

#51DE9B #51DBDE #5194DE

triadic

#51DBDE #DE51DB #DBDE51

tetradic

#51DBDE #9B51DE #DE5451 #94DE51

square

#51DBDE #9B51DE #DE5451 #94DE51

split-complementary

#51DBDE #DE5194 #DE9B51

monochromatic

#1D9598 #27C8CB #51DBDE #84E6E8 #B8F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#51DBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBDE

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBDE	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.117 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e8',
    500: '#51dbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbde;
$custom-light: #93e6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81899,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBDE

secondary

#9C3937

accent

#413DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBDE

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

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