#51DCDB#51DCDB

#51DCDB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.118 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCDB
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -36.95, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 38.44, 195.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.1143 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.118 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7670, 58.0456, 76.0068)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCDB #DC5152

analogous

#51DC96 #51DCDB #5198DC

triadic

#51DCDB #DB51DC #DCDB51

tetradic

#51DCDB #9651DC #DC5152 #98DC51

square

#51DCDB #9651DC #DC5152 #98DC51

split-complementary

#51DCDB #DC5198 #DC9651

monochromatic

#1E9594 #28C8C6 #51DCDB #84E6E6 #B7F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#51DCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCDB

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCDB	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.118 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e6',
    500: '#51dcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcdb;
$custom-light: #92e7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.568,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82034,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCDB

secondary

#993839

accent

#3E40E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCDB

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

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