#51C596#51C596

#51C596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C596
RGB	rgb(81, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -43.88, 13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 46.04, 162.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.1211 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.126 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8618, 43.8810, 35.7971)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C596 #C55180

analogous

#51C55C #51C596 #51BAC5

triadic

#51C596 #9651C5 #C59651

tetradic

#51C596 #5C51C5 #C55180 #BAC551

square

#51C596 #5C51C5 #C55180 #BAC551

split-complementary

#51C596 #C551BA #C55C51

monochromatic

#277555 #36A377 #51C596 #7FD4B2 #ADE4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#51C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#51C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C596

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C596	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7b5',
    500: '#51c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c596;
$custom-light: #8cd7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.69,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74442,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C596

secondary

#D1A0B4

accent

#4E87DA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C596

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

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