#51DBE6#51DBE6

#51DBE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.118 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DBE6
RGB	rgb(81, 219, 230)
HSL	hsl(184, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -33.43, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 37.22, 206.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.1087 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.118 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0016, 58.1208, 83.7997)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DBE6 #E65C51

analogous

#51E6A7 #51DBE6 #5190E6

triadic

#51DBE6 #E651DB #DBE651

tetradic

#51DBE6 #A751E6 #E65C51 #90E651

square

#51DBE6 #A751E6 #E65C51 #90E651

split-complementary

#51DBE6 #E65190 #E6A751

monochromatic

#189AA5 #1FCDDA #51DBE6 #87E6EE #BCF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#51DBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#51DBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DBE6

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DBE6	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 219, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.118 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6ed',
    500: '#51dbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dbe6;
$custom-light: #93e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82178,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DBE6

secondary

#A73D34

accent

#1D0ED7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DBE6

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

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