#51C299#51C299

#51C299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C299
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -41.91, 11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 43.36, 165.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1165 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.12 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4321, 42.6300, 36.8609)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C299 #C2517A

analogous

#51C261 #51C299 #51B3C2

triadic

#51C299 #9951C2 #C29951

tetradic

#51C299 #6151C2 #C2517A #B3C251

square

#51C299 #6151C2 #C2517A #B3C251

split-complementary

#51C299 #C251B3 #C26151

monochromatic

#287156 #379E79 #51C299 #7ED2B4 #ACE2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#51C299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#51C299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C299

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C299	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd5b7',
    500: '#51c299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c299;
$custom-light: #8cd5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.23,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73774,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C299

secondary

#D09FB1

accent

#5081D8

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C299

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

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