#51BE8A#51BE8A

#51BE8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BE8A
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(151, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -43.46, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 46.69, 158.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1191 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.127 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3919, 40.4087, 30.4487)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BE8A #BE5185

analogous

#51BE53 #51BE8A #51BCBE

triadic

#51BE8A #8A51BE #BE8A51

tetradic

#51BE8A #5351BE #BE5185 #BCBE51

square

#51BE8A #5351BE #BE5185 #BCBE51

split-complementary

#51BE8A #BE51BC #BE5351

monochromatic

#286C4C #39996B #51BE8A #7ECFA8 #AADFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#51BE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#51BE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BE8A

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BE8A	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)

#BCB187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51be8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2ac',
    500: '#51be8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51be8a;
$custom-light: #8bd2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51be8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.376,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72407,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BE8A

secondary

#CD9EB4

accent

#5391D5

background

#F9FDFA

surface

#F1FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BE8A

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

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