#51C8A7#51C8A7

#51C8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8A7
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 167)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 16.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -41.29, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 41.82, 170.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.1165 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.118 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0193, 45.8448, 43.7659)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8A7 #C85172

analogous

#51C86B #51C8A7 #51AEC8

triadic

#51C8A7 #A751C8 #C8A751

tetradic

#51C8A7 #6B51C8 #C85172 #AEC851

square

#51C8A7 #6B51C8 #C85172 #AEC851

split-complementary

#51C8A7 #C851AE #C86B51

monochromatic

#267962 #35A787 #51C8A7 #80D7BF #AEE5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#51C8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#51C8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8A7

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8A7	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9c1',
    500: '#51c8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8a7;
$custom-light: #8dd9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.361,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75627,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8A7

secondary

#D3A1AF

accent

#4C74DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8A7

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

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