#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
RGBrgb(81, 197, 150)
HSLhsl(156, 50%, 55%)
HSVhsv(156, 59%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(58.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.15, -43.88, 13.94)
CIE-LCHlch(72.15, 46.04, 162.37°)
OKLaboklab(74.44% -0.1211 0.0357)
OKLCHoklch(74.44% 0.126 163.6)
XYZxyz(28.8618, 43.8810, 35.7971)
Luminance0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##51C5961.002.159.789.78
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7821.001.001.00
##0000009.7821.001.001.00

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

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#51C596 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva