#51BB8A#51BB8A

#51BB8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BB8A
RGB	rgb(81, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(152, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -42.16, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 45.02, 159.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1158 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.123 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7488, 39.1225, 30.2343)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BB8A #BB5182

analogous

#51BB55 #51BB8A #51B7BB

triadic

#51BB8A #8A51BB #BB8A51

tetradic

#51BB8A #5551BB #BB5182 #B7BB51

square

#51BB8A #5551BB #BB5182 #B7BB51

split-complementary

#51BB8A #BB51B7 #BB5551

monochromatic

#29694B #3A956B #51BB8A #7DCCA8 #A9DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#51BB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#51BB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BB8A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BB8A	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)

#B9AE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0ac',
    500: '#51bb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bb8a;
$custom-light: #8bd0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.264,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BB8A

secondary

#CB9DB2

accent

#548FD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BB8A

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

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