#51AFCE#51AFCE

#51AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AFCE
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -18.61, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 30.42, 232.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0729 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.099 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8595, 36.8625, 63.9221)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AFCE #CE7051

analogous

#51CEAF #51AFCE #5171CE

triadic

#51AFCE #CE51AF #AFCE51

tetradic

#51AFCE #AF51CE #CE7051 #71CE51

square

#51AFCE #AF51CE #CE7051 #71CE51

split-complementary

#51AFCE #CE5171 #CEAF51

monochromatic

#246A80 #3291B0 #51AFCE #81C5DB #B1DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#51AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#51AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AFCE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AFCE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7dd',
    500: '#51afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51afce;
$custom-light: #8dc7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70949,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AFCE

secondary

#D7B0A4

accent

#6E48DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AFCE

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

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