#51C8A2#51C8A2

#51C8A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.121 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8A2
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -42.47, 9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 43.44, 167.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1188 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.121 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5660, 45.6635, 41.3785)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8A2 #C85177

analogous

#51C866 #51C8A2 #51B3C8

triadic

#51C8A2 #A251C8 #C8A251

tetradic

#51C8A2 #6651C8 #C85177 #B3C851

square

#51C8A2 #6651C8 #C85177 #B3C851

split-complementary

#51C8A2 #C851B3 #C86651

monochromatic

#26795E #35A783 #51C8A2 #80D7BB #AEE5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#51C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#51C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8A2

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8A2	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.121 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9bd',
    500: '#51c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8a2;
$custom-light: #8dd9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.84,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75492,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8A2

secondary

#D3A1B1

accent

#4C7ADB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8A2

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

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