#51CA96#51CA96

#51CA96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.133 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CA96
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 150)
HSL	hsl(154, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 25.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -46.01, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 48.73, 160.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.1265 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.133 162)
XYZ	xyz(30.0160, 46.1894, 36.1819)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CA96 #CA5185

analogous

#51CA59 #51CA96 #51C1CA

triadic

#51CA96 #9651CA #CA9651

tetradic

#51CA96 #5951CA #CA5185 #C1CA51

square

#51CA96 #5951CA #CA5185 #C1CA51

split-complementary

#51CA96 #CA51C1 #CA5951

monochromatic

#257B56 #34AA77 #51CA96 #80D8B2 #AFE7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#51CA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#51CA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CA96

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CA96	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BCABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ca96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.133 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbb5',
    500: '#51ca96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ca96;
$custom-light: #8ddbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ca96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.215,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75684,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.46192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CA96

secondary

#D5A2B8

accent

#4B8ADD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CA96

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

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