#51AFAB#51AFAB

#51AFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.089 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFAB
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 171)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -28.66, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 29.37, 192.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0873 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.089 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0709, 35.3471, 43.9689)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFAB #AF5155

analogous

#51AF7C #51AFAB #5184AF

triadic

#51AFAB #AB51AF #AFAB51

tetradic

#51AFAB #7C51AF #AF5155 #84AF51

square

#51AFAB #7C51AF #AF5155 #84AF51

split-complementary

#51AFAB #AF5184 #AF7C51

monochromatic

#2A5C59 #3D8582 #51AFAB #7BC2BF #A5D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#51AFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#51AFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFAB

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFAB	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.089 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7c4',
    500: '#51afab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afab;
$custom-light: #8ac7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.447,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69637,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFAB

secondary

#C3999B

accent

#5B60CD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFAB

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

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