#51AECC#51AECC

#51AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AECC
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -18.69, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 30.04, 231.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0726 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.098 222)
XYZ	xyz(29.4242, 36.3781, 62.5861)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AECC #CC6F51

analogous

#51CCAC #51AECC #5170CC

triadic

#51AECC #CC51AE #AECC51

tetradic

#51AECC #AC51CC #CC6F51 #70CC51

square

#51AECC #AC51CC #CC6F51 #70CC51

split-complementary

#51AECC #CC5170 #CCAC51

monochromatic

#25687E #338FAD #51AECC #80C4DA #B0DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#51AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#51AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AECC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AECC	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6db',
    500: '#51aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aecc;
$custom-light: #8dc6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.36381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AECC

secondary

#D6AFA3

accent

#6E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AECC

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

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