#51AFA3#51AFA3

#51AFA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.091 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFA3
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 163)
HSL	hsl(172, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -30.77, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 30.86, 184.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0909 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.091 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3313, 35.0513, 40.0739)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFA3 #AF515D

analogous

#51AF74 #51AFA3 #518CAF

triadic

#51AFA3 #A351AF #AFA351

tetradic

#51AFA3 #7451AF #AF515D #8CAF51

square

#51AFA3 #7451AF #AF515D #8CAF51

split-complementary

#51AFA3 #AF518C #AF7451

monochromatic

#2A5C55 #3D857C #51AFA3 #7BC2B9 #A5D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#51AFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#51AFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFA3

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFA3	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.091 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7be',
    500: '#51afa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afa3;
$custom-light: #8ac7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.34,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69376,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFA3

secondary

#C3999E

accent

#5B69CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFA3

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

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