#51A2BE#51A2BE

#51A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.089 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A2BE
RGB	rgb(81, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -16.58, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 27.48, 232.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0648 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.089 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6043, 31.3053, 53.3984)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A2BE #BE6D51

analogous

#51BEA3 #51A2BE #516BBE

triadic

#51A2BE #BE51A2 #A2BE51

tetradic

#51A2BE #A351BE #BE6D51 #6BBE51

square

#51A2BE #A351BE #BE6D51 #6BBE51

split-complementary

#51A2BE #BE516B #BEA351

monochromatic

#285B6C #398099 #51A2BE #7EBACF #AAD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#51A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#51A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A2BE

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A2BE	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.089 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdd1',
    500: '#51a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a2be;
$custom-light: #8bbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.413,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67231,
    "c": 0.08898,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A2BE

secondary

#CDAA9E

accent

#7453D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A2BE

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

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