#51DBE2#51DBE2

#51DBE2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBE2
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 226)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -34.55, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 37.45, 202.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.1104 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4463, 57.8987, 80.8753)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBE2 #E25851

analogous

#51E2A1 #51DBE2 #5192E2

triadic

#51DBE2 #E251DB #DBE251

tetradic

#51DBE2 #A151E2 #E25851 #92E251

square

#51DBE2 #A151E2 #E25851 #92E251

split-complementary

#51DBE2 #E25192 #E2A151

monochromatic

#1A989E #23CAD3 #51DBE2 #85E6EB #BAF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#51DBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBE2

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBE2	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6eb',
    500: '#51dbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbe2;
$custom-light: #93e6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.897,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82037,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBE2

secondary

#A13B36

accent

#1B12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBE2

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

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