#51C49E#51C49E

#51C49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.119 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C49E
RGB	rgb(81, 196, 158)
HSL	hsl(160, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 19.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -41.64, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 42.70, 167.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.1164 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.119 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3018, 43.6949, 39.2309)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C49E #C45177

analogous

#51C465 #51C49E #51B1C4

triadic

#51C49E #9E51C4 #C49E51

tetradic

#51C49E #6551C4 #C45177 #B1C451

square

#51C49E #6551C4 #C45177 #B1C451

split-complementary

#51C49E #C451B1 #C46551

monochromatic

#27735A #37A17E #51C49E #7FD3B7 #ACE3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#51C49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#51C49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C49E

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C49E	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 196, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.119 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd6ba',
    500: '#51c49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c49e;
$custom-light: #8cd6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.174,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74399,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C49E

secondary

#D1A0B0

accent

#4F7DD9

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C49E

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

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