#51D9A2#51D9A2

#51D9A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.143 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D9A2
RGB	rgb(81, 217, 162)
HSL	hsl(156, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 25.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -49.67, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 52.30, 161.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.1366 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.143 163)
XYZ	xyz(34.7243, 53.9801, 42.7646)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D9A2 #D95188

analogous

#51D95E #51D9A2 #51CCD9

triadic

#51D9A2 #A251D9 #D9A251

tetradic

#51D9A2 #5E51D9 #D95188 #CCD951

square

#51D9A2 #5E51D9 #D95188 #CCD951

split-complementary

#51D9A2 #D951CC #D95E51

monochromatic

#1F9063 #2AC285 #51D9A2 #83E4BD #B5EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#51D9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#51D9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D9A2

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D9A2	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 217, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.143 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5bd',
    500: '#51d9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d9a2;
$custom-light: #8fe5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.735,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79678,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.53984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D9A2

secondary

#95395E

accent

#4184E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D9A2

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

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