#51BC9C#51BC9C

#51BC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC9C
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -38.55, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 39.19, 169.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.1086 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.11 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3745, 40.1134, 37.7461)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC9C #BC5171

analogous

#51BC66 #51BC9C #51A6BC

triadic

#51BC9C #9C51BC #BC9C51

tetradic

#51BC9C #6651BC #BC5171 #A6BC51

square

#51BC9C #6651BC #BC5171 #A6BC51

split-complementary

#51BC9C #BC51A6 #BC6651

monochromatic

#296A56 #3A967A #51BC9C #7DCDB5 #A9DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#51BC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#51BC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC9C

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC9C	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1b9',
    500: '#51bc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc9c;
$custom-light: #8bd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.056,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72369,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC9C

secondary

#CC9DAB

accent

#547AD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC9C

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

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