#51AED6#51AED6

#51AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AED6
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -15.62, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 32.47, 241.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0689 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.105 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6622, 36.8734, 69.1066)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AED6 #D67951

analogous

#51D6BB #51AED6 #516CD6

triadic

#51AED6 #D651AE #AED651

tetradic

#51AED6 #BB51D6 #D67951 #6CD651

square

#51AED6 #BB51D6 #D67951 #6CD651

split-complementary

#51AED6 #D6516C #D6BB51

monochromatic

#216C8C #2D92BD #51AED6 #83C5E2 #B4DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#51AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#51AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AED6

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AED6	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6e2',
    500: '#51aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aed6;
$custom-light: #8ec6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AED6

secondary

#DCB7A7

accent

#7443E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AED6

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

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