#51A2BF#51A2BF

#51A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.090 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A2BF
RGB	rgb(81, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -16.28, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 27.71, 234.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0645 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.09 224)
XYZ	xyz(25.7140, 31.3491, 53.9760)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A2BF #BF6E51

analogous

#51BFA5 #51A2BF #516BBF

triadic

#51A2BF #BF51A2 #A2BF51

tetradic

#51A2BF #A551BF #BF6E51 #6BBF51

square

#51A2BF #A551BF #BF6E51 #6BBF51

split-complementary

#51A2BF #BF516B #BFA551

monochromatic

#285B6D #39809A #51A2BF #7EBACF #AAD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#51A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#51A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A2BF

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A2BF	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.090 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdd2',
    500: '#51a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a2bf;
$custom-light: #8bbdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67273,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.31352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A2BF

secondary

#CEAB9E

accent

#7552D6

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A2BF

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

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