#51A2CA#51A2CA

#51A2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.099 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A2CA
RGB	rgb(81, 162, 202)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -12.90, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 30.76, 245.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0604 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.099 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9702, 31.8517, 60.5923)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A2CA #CA7951

analogous

#51CAB6 #51A2CA #5165CA

triadic

#51A2CA #CA51A2 #A2CA51

tetradic

#51A2CA #B651CA #CA7951 #65CA51

square

#51A2CA #B651CA #CA7951 #65CA51

split-complementary

#51A2CA #CA5165 #CAB651

monochromatic

#255F7B #3483AA #51A2CA #80BBD8 #AFD4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#51A2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#51A2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A2CA

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A2CA	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 162, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.099 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdda',
    500: '#51a2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a2ca;
$custom-light: #8cbdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67745,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A2CA

secondary

#D5B3A2

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A2CA

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

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