#51BE98#51BE98

#51BE98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BE98
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 152)
HSL	hsl(159, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 20%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -40.38, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 41.58, 166.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1126 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.115 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4716, 40.8406, 36.1350)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BE98 #BE5177

analogous

#51BE61 #51BE98 #51ADBE

triadic

#51BE98 #9851BE #BE9851

tetradic

#51BE98 #6151BE #BE5177 #ADBE51

square

#51BE98 #6151BE #BE5177 #ADBE51

split-complementary

#51BE98 #BE51AD #BE6151

monochromatic

#286C55 #399977 #51BE98 #7ECFB2 #AADFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#51BE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#51BE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BE98

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BE98	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51be98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2b6',
    500: '#51be98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51be98;
$custom-light: #8bd2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51be98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.083,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72756,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BE98

secondary

#CD9EAE

accent

#5380D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BE98

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

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