#51BC8B#51BC8B

#51BC8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC8B
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(153, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -42.38, 15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 45.20, 159.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1165 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.123 161)
XYZ	xyz(26.0344, 39.5774, 30.6883)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC8B #BC5182

analogous

#51BC55 #51BC8B #51B8BC

triadic

#51BC8B #8B51BC #BC8B51

tetradic

#51BC8B #5551BC #BC5182 #B8BC51

square

#51BC8B #5551BC #BC5182 #B8BC51

split-complementary

#51BC8B #BC51B8 #BC5551

monochromatic

#296A4C #3A966C #51BC8B #7DCDA8 #A9DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#51BC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#51BC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC8B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC8B	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAF88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1ad',
    500: '#51bc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc8b;
$custom-light: #8bd1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.523,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.3958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC8B

secondary

#CC9DB2

accent

#548ED4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC8B

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

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