#51AFAC#51AFAC

#51AFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.089 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFAC
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 172)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -28.39, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 29.22, 193.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0869 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.089 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1666, 35.3854, 44.4728)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFAC #AF5154

analogous

#51AF7D #51AFAC #5183AF

triadic

#51AFAC #AC51AF #AFAC51

tetradic

#51AFAC #7D51AF #AF5154 #83AF51

square

#51AFAC #7D51AF #AF5154 #83AF51

split-complementary

#51AFAC #AF5183 #AF7D51

monochromatic

#2A5C5A #3D8583 #51AFAC #7BC2C0 #A5D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#51AFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#51AFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFAC

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFAC	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.089 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7c4',
    500: '#51afac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afac;
$custom-light: #8bc7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.085,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69671,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFAC

secondary

#C3999A

accent

#5B5ECD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFAC

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

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