#51BF99#51BF99

#51BF99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BF99
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -40.59, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 41.77, 166.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.1132 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.116 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7711, 41.3082, 36.6406)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BF99 #BF5177

analogous

#51BF62 #51BF99 #51AEBF

triadic

#51BF99 #9951BF #BF9951

tetradic

#51BF99 #6251BF #BF5177 #AEBF51

square

#51BF99 #6251BF #BF5177 #AEBF51

split-complementary

#51BF99 #BF51AE #BF6251

monochromatic

#286D55 #399A78 #51BF99 #7ECFB3 #AAE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#51BF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#51BF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BF99

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BF99	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3b7',
    500: '#51bf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bf99;
$custom-light: #8bd3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BF99

secondary

#CE9EAF

accent

#5280D6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BF99

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

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