#51BB97#51BB97

#51BB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BB97
RGB	rgb(81, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -39.28, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 40.32, 166.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.1098 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.112 168)
XYZ	xyz(26.7469, 39.5218, 35.4911)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BB97 #BB5175

analogous

#51BB62 #51BB97 #51AABB

triadic

#51BB97 #9751BB #BB9751

tetradic

#51BB97 #6251BB #BB5175 #AABB51

square

#51BB97 #6251BB #BB5175 #AABB51

split-complementary

#51BB97 #BB51AA #BB6251

monochromatic

#296953 #3A9576 #51BB97 #7DCCB1 #A9DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#51BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#51BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BB97

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BB97	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)

#B7AF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0b5',
    500: '#51bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bb97;
$custom-light: #8bd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.623,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71985,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.39524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BB97

secondary

#CB9DAD

accent

#547FD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BB97

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

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