#51AECA#51AECA

#51AECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.096 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AECA
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -19.29, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 29.66, 229.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0734 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.096 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1858, 36.2828, 61.3308)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AECA #CA6D51

analogous

#51CAA9 #51AECA #5171CA

triadic

#51AECA #CA51AE #AECA51

tetradic

#51AECA #A951CA #CA6D51 #71CA51

square

#51AECA #A951CA #CA6D51 #71CA51

split-complementary

#51AECA #CA5171 #CAA951

monochromatic

#25677B #348FAA #51AECA #80C4D8 #AFDAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#51AECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#51AECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AECA

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AECA	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.096 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6da',
    500: '#51aeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aeca;
$custom-light: #8dc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.884,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7055,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AECA

secondary

#D5AEA2

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AECA

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

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