#51BE96#51BE96

#51BE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BE96
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -40.84, 10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 42.28, 165.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1135 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.117 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3091, 40.7756, 35.2796)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BE96 #BE5179

analogous

#51BE5F #51BE96 #51AFBE

triadic

#51BE96 #9651BE #BE9651

tetradic

#51BE96 #5F51BE #BE5179 #AFBE51

square

#51BE96 #5F51BE #BE5179 #AFBE51

split-complementary

#51BE96 #BE51AF #BE5F51

monochromatic

#286C53 #399976 #51BE96 #7ECFB1 #AADFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#51BE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#51BE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BE96

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BE96	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51be96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2b4',
    500: '#51be96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51be96;
$custom-light: #8bd2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51be96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.982,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BE96

secondary

#CD9EAF

accent

#5383D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BE96

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

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