#51ABBD#51ABBD

#51ABBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.089 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ABBD
RGB	rgb(81, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -21.59, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 27.71, 218.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0752 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.089 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1379, 34.5467, 53.3723)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ABBD #BD6351

analogous

#51BD99 #51ABBD #5175BD

triadic

#51ABBD #BD51AB #ABBD51

tetradic

#51ABBD #9951BD #BD6351 #75BD51

square

#51ABBD #9951BD #BD6351 #75BD51

split-complementary

#51ABBD #BD5175 #BD9951

monochromatic

#29606B #398897 #51ABBD #7DC0CE #AAD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#51ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#51ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ABBD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ABBD	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.089 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4d0',
    500: '#51abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51abbd;
$custom-light: #8bc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69325,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ABBD

secondary

#CCA59E

accent

#6953D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ABBD

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

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