#51BD97#51BD97

#51BD97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BD97
RGB	rgb(81, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -40.17, 10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 41.39, 166.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.112 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.115 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1742, 40.3763, 35.6335)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BD97 #BD5177

analogous

#51BD61 #51BD97 #51ADBD

triadic

#51BD97 #9751BD #BD9751

tetradic

#51BD97 #6151BD #BD5177 #ADBD51

square

#51BD97 #6151BD #BD5177 #ADBD51

split-complementary

#51BD97 #BD51AD #BD6151

monochromatic

#296B54 #399776 #51BD97 #7DCEB2 #AADFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#51BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#51BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BD97

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BD97	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1b5',
    500: '#51bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bd97;
$custom-light: #8bd1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BD97

secondary

#CC9EAE

accent

#5381D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BD97

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

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