#51BB98#51BB98

#51BB98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BB98
RGB	rgb(81, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -39.04, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 39.98, 167.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.1093 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.112 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8285, 39.5544, 35.9206)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BB98 #BB5174

analogous

#51BB63 #51BB98 #51A9BB

triadic

#51BB98 #9851BB #BB9851

tetradic

#51BB98 #6351BB #BB5174 #A9BB51

square

#51BB98 #6351BB #BB5174 #A9BB51

split-complementary

#51BB98 #BB51A9 #BB6351

monochromatic

#296954 #3A9577 #51BB98 #7DCCB2 #A9DDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#51BB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#51BB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BB98

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BB98	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0b6',
    500: '#51bb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bb98;
$custom-light: #8bd0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.189,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BB98

secondary

#CB9DAC

accent

#547ED4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BB98

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

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