#51BC95#51BC95

#51BC95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC95
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 149)
HSL	hsl(158, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -40.18, 10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 41.55, 165.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1118 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.115 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7988, 39.8831, 34.7139)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC95 #BC5178

analogous

#51BC60 #51BC95 #51ADBC

triadic

#51BC95 #9551BC #BC9551

tetradic

#51BC95 #6051BC #BC5178 #ADBC51

square

#51BC95 #6051BC #BC5178 #ADBC51

split-complementary

#51BC95 #BC51AD #BC6051

monochromatic

#296A52 #3A9674 #51BC95 #7DCDB0 #A9DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#51BC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#51BC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC95

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC95	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1b4',
    500: '#51bc95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc95;
$custom-light: #8bd1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.131,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC95

secondary

#CC9DAE

accent

#5482D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC95

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

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