#51AFAA#51AFAA

#51AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.089 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFAA
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -28.92, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 29.52, 191.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0877 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.089 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9759, 35.3091, 43.4688)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFAA #AF5156

analogous

#51AF7B #51AFAA #5185AF

triadic

#51AFAA #AA51AF #AFAA51

tetradic

#51AFAA #7B51AF #AF5156 #85AF51

square

#51AFAA #7B51AF #AF5156 #85AF51

split-complementary

#51AFAA #AF5185 #AF7B51

monochromatic

#2A5C59 #3D8582 #51AFAA #7BC2BE #A5D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#51AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#51AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFAA

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFAA	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.089 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7c3',
    500: '#51afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afaa;
$custom-light: #8ac7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.809,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69604,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFAA

secondary

#C3999B

accent

#5B61CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFAA

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

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