#51BD8D#51BD8D

#51BD8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BD8D
RGB	rgb(81, 189, 141)
HSL	hsl(153, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -42.39, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 45.00, 160.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1166 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.123 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3962, 40.0651, 31.5364)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BD8D #BD5181

analogous

#51BD57 #51BD8D #51B7BD

triadic

#51BD8D #8D51BD #BD8D51

tetradic

#51BD8D #5751BD #BD5181 #B7BD51

square

#51BD8D #5751BD #BD5181 #B7BD51

split-complementary

#51BD8D #BD51B7 #BD5751

monochromatic

#296B4D #39976E #51BD8D #7DCEAA #AADFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#51BD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#51BD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BD8D

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BD8D	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 189, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1ae',
    500: '#51bd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bd8d;
$custom-light: #8bd1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72228,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BD8D

secondary

#CC9EB2

accent

#538DD5

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BD8D

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

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