#51CB9D#51CB9D

#51CB9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.129 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CB9D
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 157)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -44.90, 12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 46.73, 163.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.1243 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.129 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8320, 46.8924, 39.3180)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CB9D #CB517F

analogous

#51CB60 #51CB9D #51BCCB

triadic

#51CB9D #9D51CB #CB9D51

tetradic

#51CB9D #6051CB #CB517F #BCCB51

square

#51CB9D #6051CB #CB517F #BCCB51

split-complementary

#51CB9D #CB51BC #CB6051

monochromatic

#257C5C #33AC7E #51CB9D #80D9B8 #AFE7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#51CB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#51CB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CB9D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CB9D	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.129 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbba',
    500: '#51cb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cb9d;
$custom-light: #8ddbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.377,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76103,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CB9D

secondary

#D5A3B6

accent

#4A82DD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CB9D

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

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