#51AFAE#51AFAE

#51AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.089 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFAE
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -27.84, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 28.96, 195.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.086 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.089 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3601, 35.4628, 45.4920)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFAE #AF5152

analogous

#51AF7F #51AFAE #5181AF

triadic

#51AFAE #AE51AF #AFAE51

tetradic

#51AFAE #7F51AF #AF5152 #81AF51

square

#51AFAE #7F51AF #AF5152 #81AF51

split-complementary

#51AFAE #AF5181 #AF7F51

monochromatic

#2A5C5B #3D8585 #51AFAE #7BC2C2 #A5D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#51AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#51AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFAE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFAE	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#A5A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.089 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7c6',
    500: '#51afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afae;
$custom-light: #8bc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.362,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69739,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFAE

secondary

#C39999

accent

#5B5CCD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFAE

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

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