#51BC9D#51BC9D

#51BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BC9D
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -38.32, 6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 38.86, 170.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1081 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.109 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4595, 40.1474, 38.1939)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BC9D #BC5170

analogous

#51BC68 #51BC9D #51A5BC

triadic

#51BC9D #9D51BC #BC9D51

tetradic

#51BC9D #6851BC #BC5170 #A5BC51

square

#51BC9D #6851BC #BC5170 #A5BC51

split-complementary

#51BC9D #BC51A5 #BC6851

monochromatic

#296A57 #3A967B #51BC9D #7DCDB6 #A9DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#51BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#51BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BC9D

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BC9D	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1b9',
    500: '#51bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bc9d;
$custom-light: #8bd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.617,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BC9D

secondary

#CC9DAB

accent

#5479D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BC9D

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

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