#51BF9D#51BF9D

#51BF9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BF9D
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 157)
HSL	hsl(161, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -39.66, 7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 40.42, 168.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.1114 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.113 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1071, 41.4425, 38.4097)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BF9D #BF5173

analogous

#51BF66 #51BF9D #51AABF

triadic

#51BF9D #9D51BF #BF9D51

tetradic

#51BF9D #6651BF #BF5173 #AABF51

square

#51BF9D #6651BF #BF5173 #AABF51

split-complementary

#51BF9D #BF51AA #BF6651

monochromatic

#286D58 #399A7C #51BF9D #7ECFB6 #AAE0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#51BF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#51BF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BF9D

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BF9D	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3b9',
    500: '#51bf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bf9d;
$custom-light: #8cd3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.455,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73137,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BF9D

secondary

#CE9EAD

accent

#527BD6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BF9D

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

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