#51C8A0#51C8A0

#51C8A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8A0
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 160)
HSL	hsl(160, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(160, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -42.93, 10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 44.12, 166.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.1197 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.123 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3897, 45.5929, 40.4497)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8A0 #C85179

analogous

#51C865 #51C8A0 #51B4C8

triadic

#51C8A0 #A051C8 #C8A051

tetradic

#51C8A0 #6551C8 #C85179 #B4C851

square

#51C8A0 #6551C8 #C85179 #B4C851

split-complementary

#51C8A0 #C851B4 #C86551

monochromatic

#26795D #35A781 #51C8A0 #80D7B9 #AEE5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#51C8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#51C8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8A0

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8A0	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9bc',
    500: '#51c8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8a0;
$custom-light: #8dd9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.832,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75439,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8A0

secondary

#D3A1B2

accent

#4C7CDB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8A0

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

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