#51ACCE#51ACCE

#51ACCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ACCE
RGB	rgb(81, 172, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -17.03, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 30.59, 236.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0697 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.099 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2821, 35.7077, 63.7297)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ACCE #CE7351

analogous

#51CEB2 #51ACCE #516ECE

triadic

#51ACCE #CE51AC #ACCE51

tetradic

#51ACCE #B251CE #CE7351 #6ECE51

square

#51ACCE #B251CE #CE7351 #6ECE51

split-complementary

#51ACCE #CE516E #CEB251

monochromatic

#246780 #328EB0 #51ACCE #81C3DB #B1DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#51ACCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#51ACCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ACCE

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ACCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ACCE	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51acce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 172, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4dd',
    500: '#51acce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51acce;
$custom-light: #8dc4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51acce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70248,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ACCE

secondary

#D7B2A4

accent

#7148DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ACCE

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

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