#51BD98#51BD98

#51BD98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BD98
RGB	rgb(81, 189, 152)
HSL	hsl(159, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 19.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -39.94, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 41.05, 166.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.1115 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.114 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2557, 40.4089, 36.0630)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BD98 #BD5176

analogous

#51BD62 #51BD98 #51ACBD

triadic

#51BD98 #9851BD #BD9851

tetradic

#51BD98 #6251BD #BD5176 #ACBD51

square

#51BD98 #6251BD #BD5176 #ACBD51

split-complementary

#51BD98 #BD51AC #BD6251

monochromatic

#296B54 #399777 #51BD98 #7DCEB2 #AADFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#51BD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#51BD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BD98

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BD98	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)

#B9B196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 189, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1b6',
    500: '#51bd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bd98;
$custom-light: #8bd1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72508,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BD98

secondary

#CC9EAE

accent

#5380D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BD98

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

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