#51BE8F#51BE8F

#51BE8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BE8F
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 143)
HSL	hsl(154, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(154, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 24.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -42.39, 14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 44.81, 161.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1168 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.123 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7622, 40.5569, 32.3992)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BE8F #BE5180

analogous

#51BE58 #51BE8F #51B7BE

triadic

#51BE8F #8F51BE #BE8F51

tetradic

#51BE8F #5851BE #BE5180 #B7BE51

square

#51BE8F #5851BE #BE5180 #B7BE51

split-complementary

#51BE8F #BE51B7 #BE5851

monochromatic

#286C4F #39996F #51BE8F #7ECFAC #AADFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#51BE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#51BE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BE8F

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BE8F	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51be8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2b0',
    500: '#51be8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51be8f;
$custom-light: #8bd2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51be8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.128,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BE8F

secondary

#CD9EB2

accent

#538BD5

background

#F9FDFA

surface

#F1FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BE8F

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

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