#51AEAF#51AEAF

#51AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.088 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AEAF
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -27.08, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 28.51, 198.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0844 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.088 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2640, 35.1141, 45.9427)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AEAF #AF5251

analogous

#51AF81 #51AEAF #517FAF

triadic

#51AEAF #AF51AE #AEAF51

tetradic

#51AEAF #8151AF #AF5251 #7FAF51

square

#51AEAF #8151AF #AF5251 #7FAF51

split-complementary

#51AEAF #AF517F #AF8151

monochromatic

#2A5B5C #3D8585 #51AEAF #7BC2C2 #A5D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#51AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#51AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AEAF

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AEAF	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.088 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6c6',
    500: '#51aeaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aeaf;
$custom-light: #8bc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.638,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69531,
    "c": 0.08795,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AEAF

secondary

#C39999

accent

#5C5BCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AEAF

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

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