#51AFA2#51AFA2

#51AFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.091 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFA2
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 162)
HSL	hsl(172, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 7.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -31.03, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 31.08, 183.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0913 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.091 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2421, 35.0156, 39.6039)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFA2 #AF515E

analogous

#51AF73 #51AFA2 #518DAF

triadic

#51AFA2 #A251AF #AFA251

tetradic

#51AFA2 #7351AF #AF515E #8DAF51

square

#51AFA2 #7351AF #AF515E #8DAF51

split-complementary

#51AFA2 #AF518D #AF7351

monochromatic

#2A5C55 #3D857B #51AFA2 #7BC2B8 #A5D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#51AFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#51AFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFA2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFA2	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.091 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7bd',
    500: '#51afa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afa2;
$custom-light: #8ac7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.702,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69344,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFA2

secondary

#C3999F

accent

#5B6BCD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFA2

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

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