#51AABE#51AABE

#51AABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.089 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AABE
RGB	rgb(81, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -20.79, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 27.70, 221.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0737 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.09 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0586, 34.2139, 53.8832)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AABE #BE6551

analogous

#51BE9B #51AABE #5173BE

triadic

#51AABE #BE51AA #AABE51

tetradic

#51AABE #9B51BE #BE6551 #73BE51

square

#51AABE #9B51BE #BE6551 #73BE51

split-complementary

#51AABE #BE5173 #BE9B51

monochromatic

#28606C #398799 #51AABE #7EC0CF #AAD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#51AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#51AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AABE

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AABE	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.089 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3d1',
    500: '#51aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aabe;
$custom-light: #8cc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.009,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69126,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AABE

secondary

#CDA79E

accent

#6B53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AABE

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

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