#51C79B#51C79B

#51C79B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C79B
RGB	rgb(81, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(158, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 22.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -43.63, 12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 45.32, 164.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.121 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.125 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7302, 44.9598, 38.1153)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C79B #C7517D

analogous

#51C760 #51C79B #51B8C7

triadic

#51C79B #9B51C7 #C79B51

tetradic

#51C79B #6051C7 #C7517D #B8C751

square

#51C79B #6051C7 #C7517D #B8C751

split-complementary

#51C79B #C751B8 #C76051

monochromatic

#267759 #35A67C #51C79B #7FD6B6 #AEE5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#51C79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#51C79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C79B

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C79B	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9b8',
    500: '#51c79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c79b;
$custom-light: #8dd9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.627,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75063,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C79B

secondary

#D3A1B4

accent

#4D82DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C79B

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

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