#51AFA8#51AFA8

#51AFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.090 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFA8
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 168)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -29.46, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 29.86, 189.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0886 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.09 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7882, 35.2340, 42.4800)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFA8 #AF5158

analogous

#51AF79 #51AFA8 #5187AF

triadic

#51AFA8 #A851AF #AFA851

tetradic

#51AFA8 #7951AF #AF5158 #87AF51

square

#51AFA8 #7951AF #AF5158 #87AF51

split-complementary

#51AFA8 #AF5187 #AF7951

monochromatic

#2A5C58 #3D8580 #51AFA8 #7BC2BD #A5D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#51AFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#51AFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFA8

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFA8	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.090 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7c1',
    500: '#51afa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afa8;
$custom-light: #8ac7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.532,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69537,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFA8

secondary

#C3999C

accent

#5B63CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFA8

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

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