#51BC8D#51BC8D

#51BC8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC8D
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(154, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -41.95, 14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 44.45, 160.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1155 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.121 162)
XYZ	xyz(26.1819, 39.6364, 31.4650)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC8D #BC5180

analogous

#51BC58 #51BC8D #51B5BC

triadic

#51BC8D #8D51BC #BC8D51

tetradic

#51BC8D #5851BC #BC5180 #B5BC51

square

#51BC8D #5851BC #BC5180 #B5BC51

split-complementary

#51BC8D #BC51B5 #BC5851

monochromatic

#296A4D #3A966E #51BC8D #7DCDAA #A9DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#51BC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#51BC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC8D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC8D	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1ae',
    500: '#51bc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc8d;
$custom-light: #8bd1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.645,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.39639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC8D

secondary

#CC9DB2

accent

#548CD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC8D

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

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