#51AECD#51AECD

#51AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.098 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AECD
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -18.39, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 30.25, 232.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0722 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.098 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5445, 36.4263, 63.2197)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AECD #CD7051

analogous

#51CDAE #51AECD #5170CD

triadic

#51AECD #CD51AE #AECD51

tetradic

#51AECD #AE51CD #CD7051 #70CD51

square

#51AECD #AE51CD #CD7051 #70CD51

split-complementary

#51AECD #CD5170 #CDAE51

monochromatic

#25687F #3290AF #51AECD #81C4DB #B0DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#51AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#51AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AECD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AECD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.098 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6dc',
    500: '#51aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aecd;
$custom-light: #8dc6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70674,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AECD

secondary

#D7B0A3

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AECD

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

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