#51C396#51C396

#51C396 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.124 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C396
RGB	rgb(81, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(156, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 23.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -43.02, 13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 44.97, 163.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.119 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.124 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4107, 42.9788, 35.6468)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C396 #C3517E

analogous

#51C35D #51C396 #51B7C3

triadic

#51C396 #9651C3 #C39651

tetradic

#51C396 #5D51C3 #C3517E #B7C351

square

#51C396 #5D51C3 #C3517E #B7C351

split-complementary

#51C396 #C351B7 #C35D51

monochromatic

#277255 #37A076 #51C396 #7FD3B1 #ACE2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#51C396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#51C396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C396

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C396	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.124 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6b5',
    500: '#51c396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c396;
$custom-light: #8cd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.316,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73945,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C396

secondary

#D0A0B3

accent

#5086D8

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C396

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

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