#51C996#51C996

#51C996 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.132 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C996
RGB	rgb(81, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(155, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 25.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -45.59, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 48.20, 161.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.1254 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.132 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7822, 45.7217, 36.1039)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C996 #C95184

analogous

#51C95A #51C996 #51C0C9

triadic

#51C996 #9651C9 #C99651

tetradic

#51C996 #5A51C9 #C95184 #C0C951

square

#51C996 #5A51C9 #C95184 #C0C951

split-complementary

#51C996 #C951C0 #C95A51

monochromatic

#267A56 #34A977 #51C996 #80D7B2 #AEE6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#51C996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#51C996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C996

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C996	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.132 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddab5',
    500: '#51c996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c996;
$custom-light: #8ddab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C996

secondary

#D4A2B7

accent

#4C89DC

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C996

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

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