#51D8A2#51D8A2

#51D8A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.142 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D8A2
RGB	rgb(81, 216, 162)
HSL	hsl(156, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 25%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -49.26, 15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 51.78, 162.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.1356 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.142 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4674, 53.4661, 42.6790)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D8A2 #D85187

analogous

#51D85E #51D8A2 #51CAD8

triadic

#51D8A2 #A251D8 #D8A251

tetradic

#51D8A2 #5E51D8 #D85187 #CAD851

square

#51D8A2 #5E51D8 #D85187 #CAD851

split-complementary

#51D8A2 #D851CA #D85E51

monochromatic

#208F62 #2BC185 #51D8A2 #83E3BD #B5EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#51D8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#51D8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D8A2

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D8A2	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 216, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.142 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5bd',
    500: '#51d8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d8a2;
$custom-light: #8fe5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79432,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D8A2

secondary

#94395D

accent

#4183E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D8A2

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

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