#51AEDE#51AEDE

#51AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AEDE
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -13.12, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 34.93, 247.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0661 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.112 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7091, 37.2921, 74.6201)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AEDE #DE8151

analogous

#51DEC8 #51AEDE #5167DE

triadic

#51AEDE #DE51AE #AEDE51

tetradic

#51AEDE #C851DE #DE8151 #67DE51

square

#51AEDE #C851DE #DE8151 #67DE51

split-complementary

#51AEDE #DE5167 #DEC851

monochromatic

#1D6E98 #2793CB #51AEDE #84C6E8 #B8DEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#51AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#51AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AEDE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AEDE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6e8',
    500: '#51aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aede;
$custom-light: #8fc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71408,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AEDE

secondary

#E1BDAA

accent

#783DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AEDE

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

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