#51BC8F#51BC8F

#51BC8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC8F
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 143)
HSL	hsl(155, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(155, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -41.52, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 43.71, 161.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1146 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.12 163)
XYZ	xyz(26.3320, 39.6964, 32.2558)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC8F #BC517E

analogous

#51BC59 #51BC8F #51B4BC

triadic

#51BC8F #8F51BC #BC8F51

tetradic

#51BC8F #5951BC #BC517E #B4BC51

square

#51BC8F #5951BC #BC517E #B4BC51

split-complementary

#51BC8F #BC51B4 #BC5951

monochromatic

#296A4E #3A966F #51BC8F #7DCDAB #A9DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#51BC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#51BC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC8F

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC8F	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1af',
    500: '#51bc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc8f;
$custom-light: #8bd1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.766,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72028,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC8F

secondary

#CC9DB1

accent

#548AD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC8F

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

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