#51AAAF#51AAAF

#51AAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.085 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AAAF
RGB	rgb(81, 170, 175)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -25.08, -10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 27.27, 203.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0799 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.085 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5028, 33.5915, 45.6890)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AAAF #AF5651

analogous

#51AF85 #51AAAF #517BAF

triadic

#51AAAF #AF51AA #AAAF51

tetradic

#51AAAF #8551AF #AF5651 #7BAF51

square

#51AAAF #8551AF #AF5651 #7BAF51

split-complementary

#51AAAF #AF517B #AF8551

monochromatic

#2A595C #3D8285 #51AAAF #7BBEC2 #A5D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#51AAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#51AAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AAAF

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AAAF	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 170, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.085 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3c6',
    500: '#51aaaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aaaf;
$custom-light: #8ac3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.191,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68564,
    "c": 0.08522,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AAAF

secondary

#C39B99

accent

#615BCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AAAF

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

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