#51BB89#51BB89

#51BB89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BB89
RGB	rgb(81, 187, 137)
HSL	hsl(152, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -42.38, 16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 45.41, 158.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1163 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.124 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6767, 39.0937, 29.8548)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BB89 #BB5183

analogous

#51BB54 #51BB89 #51B8BB

triadic

#51BB89 #8951BB #BB8951

tetradic

#51BB89 #5451BB #BB5183 #B8BB51

square

#51BB89 #5451BB #BB5183 #B8BB51

split-complementary

#51BB89 #BB51B8 #BB5451

monochromatic

#29694B #3A956A #51BB89 #7DCCA7 #A9DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#51BB89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#51BB89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BB89

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BB89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BB89	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AE86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bb89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 187, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0ab',
    500: '#51bb89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bb89;
$custom-light: #8bd0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bb89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.698,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71632,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BB89

secondary

#CB9DB3

accent

#5490D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BB89

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

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