#51AFAD#51AFAD

#51AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.089 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFAD
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -28.12, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 29.08, 194.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0864 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.089 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2630, 35.4239, 44.9805)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFAD #AF5153

analogous

#51AF7E #51AFAD #5182AF

triadic

#51AFAD #AD51AF #AFAD51

tetradic

#51AFAD #7E51AF #AF5153 #82AF51

square

#51AFAD #7E51AF #AF5153 #82AF51

split-complementary

#51AFAD #AF5182 #AF7E51

monochromatic

#2A5C5A #3D8584 #51AFAD #7BC2C1 #A5D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#51AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#51AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFAD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFAD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.089 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7c5',
    500: '#51afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afad;
$custom-light: #8bc7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69705,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFAD

secondary

#C3999A

accent

#5B5DCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFAD

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

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