#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
RGBrgb(81, 188, 157)
HSLhsl(163, 44%, 53%)
HSVhsv(163, 57%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(56.9%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.57, -38.32, 6.49)
CIE-LCHlch(69.57, 38.86, 170.38°)
OKLaboklab(72.4% -0.1081 0.0166)
OKLCHoklch(72.4% 0.109 171.3)
XYZxyz(27.4595, 40.1474, 38.1939)
Luminance0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##51BC9D1.002.339.039.03
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0321.001.001.00
##0000009.0321.001.001.00

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

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#51BC9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva