#51BB96#51BB96

#51BB96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.113 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BB96
RGB	rgb(81, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -39.51, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 40.67, 166.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1102 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.113 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6661, 39.4894, 35.0652)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BB96 #BB5176

analogous

#51BB61 #51BB96 #51ABBB

triadic

#51BB96 #9651BB #BB9651

tetradic

#51BB96 #6151BB #BB5176 #ABBB51

square

#51BB96 #6151BB #BB5176 #ABBB51

split-complementary

#51BB96 #BB51AB #BB6151

monochromatic

#296952 #3A9575 #51BB96 #7DCCB1 #A9DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#51BB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#51BB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BB96

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BB96	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.113 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0b4',
    500: '#51bb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bb96;
$custom-light: #8bd0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.057,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71959,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BB96

secondary

#CB9DAD

accent

#5481D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BB96

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

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