#51BA8A#51BA8A

#51BA8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BA8A
RGB	rgb(81, 186, 138)
HSL	hsl(153, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 25.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -41.73, 15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 44.47, 159.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1147 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.121 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5374, 38.6997, 30.1638)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BA8A #BA5181

analogous

#51BA55 #51BA8A #51B6BA

triadic

#51BA8A #8A51BA #BA8A51

tetradic

#51BA8A #5551BA #BA5181 #B6BA51

square

#51BA8A #5551BA #BA5181 #B6BA51

split-complementary

#51BA8A #BA51B6 #BA5551

monochromatic

#29684B #3A936B #51BA8A #7DCBA7 #A9DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#51BA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#51BA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BA8A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BA8A	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ba8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 186, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfac',
    500: '#51ba8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ba8a;
$custom-light: #8acfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ba8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71405,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BA8A

secondary

#CA9DB1

accent

#558ED3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BA8A

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

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