#51CD9E#51CD9E

#51CD9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.131 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CD9E
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 158)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -45.53, 13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 47.44, 163.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.126 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.131 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3931, 47.8774, 39.9280)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CD9E #CD5180

analogous

#51CD60 #51CD9E #51BECD

triadic

#51CD9E #9E51CD #CD9E51

tetradic

#51CD9E #6051CD #CD5180 #BECD51

square

#51CD9E #6051CD #CD5180 #BECD51

split-complementary

#51CD9E #CD51BE #CD6051

monochromatic

#257F5D #32AF7F #51CD9E #81DBB9 #B0E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#51CD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#51CD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CD9E

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CD9E	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.131 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dddba',
    500: '#51cd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cd9e;
$custom-light: #8dddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.258,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76622,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CD9E

secondary

#D7A3B7

accent

#4982DF

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CD9E

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

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