#51BD8A#51BD8A

#51BD8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BD8A
RGB	rgb(81, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(152, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -43.03, 16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 46.14, 158.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.118 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.125 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1760, 39.9770, 30.3767)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BD8A #BD5184

analogous

#51BD54 #51BD8A #51BABD

triadic

#51BD8A #8A51BD #BD8A51

tetradic

#51BD8A #5451BD #BD5184 #BABD51

square

#51BD8A #5451BD #BD5184 #BABD51

split-complementary

#51BD8A #BD51BA #BD5451

monochromatic

#296B4C #39976B #51BD8A #7DCEA8 #AADFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#51BD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#51BD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BD8A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BD8A	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)

#BBB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1ac',
    500: '#51bd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bd8a;
$custom-light: #8bd1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BD8A

secondary

#CC9EB4

accent

#5390D5

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BD8A

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

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