#51BC89#51BC89

#51BC89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC89
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 137)
HSL	hsl(151, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -42.81, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 45.96, 158.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.1174 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.125 160)
XYZ	xyz(25.8896, 39.5195, 29.9257)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC89 #BC5184

analogous

#51BC54 #51BC89 #51B9BC

triadic

#51BC89 #8951BC #BC8951

tetradic

#51BC89 #5451BC #BC5184 #B9BC51

square

#51BC89 #5451BC #BC5184 #B9BC51

split-complementary

#51BC89 #BC51B9 #BC5451

monochromatic

#296A4B #3A966A #51BC89 #7DCDA7 #A9DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#51BC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#51BC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC89

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC89	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)

#BAAF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1ab',
    500: '#51bc89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc89;
$custom-light: #8bd1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.402,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71882,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.39522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC89

secondary

#CC9DB3

accent

#5491D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC89

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

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