#51BF8A#51BF8A

#51BF8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BF8A
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(151, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -43.88, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 47.24, 158.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1202 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.128 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6092, 40.8434, 30.5211)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BF8A #BF5186

analogous

#51BF53 #51BF8A #51BDBF

triadic

#51BF8A #8A51BF #BF8A51

tetradic

#51BF8A #5351BF #BF5186 #BDBF51

square

#51BF8A #5351BF #BF5186 #BDBF51

split-complementary

#51BF8A #BF51BD #BF5351

monochromatic

#286D4C #399A6B #51BF8A #7ECFA8 #AAE0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#51BF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#51BF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BF8A

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BF8A	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)

#BDB287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3ac',
    500: '#51bf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bf8a;
$custom-light: #8bd3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72657,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BF8A

secondary

#CE9EB5

accent

#5292D6

background

#F9FDFA

surface

#F1FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BF8A

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

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