#51BC98#51BC98

#51BC98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC98
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 152)
HSL	hsl(160, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -39.49, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 40.51, 167.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1104 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.113 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0414, 39.9802, 35.9916)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC98 #BC5175

analogous

#51BC62 #51BC98 #51AABC

triadic

#51BC98 #9851BC #BC9851

tetradic

#51BC98 #6251BC #BC5175 #AABC51

square

#51BC98 #6251BC #BC5175 #AABC51

split-complementary

#51BC98 #BC51AA #BC6251

monochromatic

#296A54 #3A9677 #51BC98 #7DCDB2 #A9DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#51BC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#51BC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC98

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC98	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1b6',
    500: '#51bc98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc98;
$custom-light: #8bd1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.813,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC98

secondary

#CC9DAD

accent

#547FD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC98

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

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