#51A3AF#51A3AF

#51A3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.082 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A3AF
RGB	rgb(81, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -21.51, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 25.59, 212.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.072 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.082 208)
XYZ	xyz(24.2253, 31.0366, 45.2632)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A3AF #AF5D51

analogous

#51AF8C #51A3AF #5174AF

triadic

#51A3AF #AF51A3 #A3AF51

tetradic

#51A3AF #8C51AF #AF5D51 #74AF51

square

#51A3AF #8C51AF #AF5D51 #74AF51

split-complementary

#51A3AF #AF5174 #AF8C51

monochromatic

#2A555C #3D7C85 #51A3AF #7BB9C2 #A5CFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#51A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#51A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A3AF

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A3AF	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.082 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abec6',
    500: '#51a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a3af;
$custom-light: #8abec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66877,
    "c": 0.08153,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.31039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A3AF

secondary

#C39E99

accent

#695BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A3AF

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

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