#51AFC0#51AFC0

#51AFC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.092 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFC0
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -22.77, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 28.46, 216.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0784 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.092 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2339, 36.2123, 55.3607)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFC0 #C06251

analogous

#51C099 #51AFC0 #5177C0

triadic

#51AFC0 #C051AF #AFC051

tetradic

#51AFC0 #9951C0 #C06251 #77C051

square

#51AFC0 #9951C0 #C06251 #77C051

split-complementary

#51AFC0 #C05177 #C09951

monochromatic

#28646F #388C9B #51AFC0 #7EC4D0 #ABD8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#51AFC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#51AFC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFC0

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFC0	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.092 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7d3',
    500: '#51afc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afc0;
$custom-light: #8cc7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.189,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70392,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFC0

secondary

#CEA69F

accent

#6651D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFC0

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

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