#51A2AF#51A2AF

#51A2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.081 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A2AF
RGB	rgb(81, 162, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -21.00, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 25.41, 214.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0708 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.081 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0485, 30.6829, 45.2042)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A2AF #AF5E51

analogous

#51AF8D #51A2AF #5173AF

triadic

#51A2AF #AF51A2 #A2AF51

tetradic

#51A2AF #8D51AF #AF5E51 #73AF51

square

#51A2AF #8D51AF #AF5E51 #73AF51

split-complementary

#51A2AF #AF5173 #AF8D51

monochromatic

#2A555C #3D7B85 #51A2AF #7BB8C2 #A5CFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#51A2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#51A2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A2AF

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A2AF	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 162, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.081 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abdc6',
    500: '#51a2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a2af;
$custom-light: #8abdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.298,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66636,
    "c": 0.08113,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A2AF

secondary

#C39F99

accent

#6B5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A2AF

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

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