#51DDEB#51DDEB

#51DDEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.120 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DDEB
RGB	rgb(81, 221, 235)
HSL	hsl(185, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -32.95, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 37.51, 208.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.1087 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.12 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2387, 59.4555, 87.7257)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DDEB #EB5F51

analogous

#51EBAC #51DDEB #5190EB

triadic

#51DDEB #EB51DD #DDEB51

tetradic

#51DDEB #AC51EB #EB5F51 #90EB51

square

#51DDEB #AC51EB #EB5F51 #90EB51

split-complementary

#51DDEB #EB5190 #EBAC51

monochromatic

#14A0AE #1AD2E5 #51DDEB #88E8F1 #BFF2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#51DDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#51DDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DDEB

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DDEB	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ddeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 221, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.120 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e8f1',
    500: '#51ddeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ddeb;
$custom-light: #94e8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ddeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82824,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DDEB

secondary

#AE3D32

accent

#1D0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DDEB

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

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