#51AFBD#51AFBD

#51AFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.091 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFBD
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -23.64, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 28.30, 213.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0796 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.091 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9049, 36.0807, 53.6279)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFBD #BD5F51

analogous

#51BD95 #51AFBD #5179BD

triadic

#51AFBD #BD51AF #AFBD51

tetradic

#51AFBD #9551BD #BD5F51 #79BD51

square

#51AFBD #9551BD #BD5F51 #79BD51

split-complementary

#51AFBD #BD5179 #BD9551

monochromatic

#29626B #398B97 #51AFBD #7DC3CE #AAD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#51AFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#51AFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFBD

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFBD	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.091 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7d0',
    500: '#51afbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afbd;
$custom-light: #8cc7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70278,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFBD

secondary

#CCA49E

accent

#6453D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFBD

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

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