#51D8A7#51D8A7

#51D8A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D8A7
RGB	rgb(81, 216, 167)
HSL	hsl(158, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 22.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -48.16, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 50.01, 164.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.1333 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.138 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9207, 53.6474, 45.0664)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D8A7 #D85182

analogous

#51D863 #51D8A7 #51C5D8

triadic

#51D8A7 #A751D8 #D8A751

tetradic

#51D8A7 #6351D8 #D85182 #C5D851

square

#51D8A7 #6351D8 #D85182 #C5D851

split-complementary

#51D8A7 #D851C5 #D86351

monochromatic

#208F66 #2BC18A #51D8A7 #83E3C0 #B5EEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#51D8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#51D8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D8A7

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D8A7	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 216, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5c1',
    500: '#51d8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d8a7;
$custom-light: #8fe5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79554,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D8A7

secondary

#94395A

accent

#417DE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D8A7

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

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