#51BC8A#51BC8A

#51BC8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.124 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC8A
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(152, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -42.60, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 45.58, 159.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1169 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.124 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9617, 39.5483, 30.3053)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC8A #BC5183

analogous

#51BC55 #51BC8A #51B8BC

triadic

#51BC8A #8A51BC #BC8A51

tetradic

#51BC8A #5551BC #BC5183 #B8BC51

square

#51BC8A #5551BC #BC5183 #B8BC51

split-complementary

#51BC8A #BC51B8 #BC5551

monochromatic

#296A4B #3A966B #51BC8A #7DCDA8 #A9DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#51BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#51BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC8A

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC8A	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)

#BAAF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.124 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1ac',
    500: '#51bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc8a;
$custom-light: #8bd1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.963,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC8A

secondary

#CC9DB3

accent

#5490D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC8A

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

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