#51A2D2#51A2D2

#51A2D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.106 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A2D2
RGB	rgb(81, 162, 210)
HSL	hsl(202, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -10.39, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 33.52, 251.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0576 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.106 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9421, 32.2404, 65.7107)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A2D2 #D28151

analogous

#51D2C2 #51A2D2 #5161D2

triadic

#51A2D2 #D251A2 #A2D251

tetradic

#51A2D2 #C251D2 #D28151 #61D251

square

#51A2D2 #C251D2 #D28151 #61D251

split-complementary

#51A2D2 #D25161 #D2C251

monochromatic

#236186 #2F84B7 #51A2D2 #82BCDF #B2D6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#51A2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#51A2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A2D2

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A2D2	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A94D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 162, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.106 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbde0',
    500: '#51a2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a2d2;
$custom-light: #8dbde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68106,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A2D2

secondary

#DAB9A5

accent

#8046E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A2D2

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

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