#51C8A6#51C8A6

#51C8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8A6
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -41.53, 7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 42.14, 170.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.117 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.118 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9273, 45.8079, 43.2809)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8A6 #C85173

analogous

#51C86A #51C8A6 #51AFC8

triadic

#51C8A6 #A651C8 #C8A651

tetradic

#51C8A6 #6A51C8 #C85173 #AFC851

square

#51C8A6 #6A51C8 #C85173 #AFC851

split-complementary

#51C8A6 #C851AF #C86A51

monochromatic

#267961 #35A786 #51C8A6 #80D7BE #AEE5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#51C8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#51C8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8A6

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8A6	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9c0',
    500: '#51c8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8a6;
$custom-light: #8dd9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.756,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8A6

secondary

#D3A1B0

accent

#4C75DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8A6

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

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