#51BADC#51BADC

#51BADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.107 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BADC
RGB	rgb(81, 186, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -20.07, -26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 32.88, 232.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0792 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.107 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8653, 42.0309, 74.0243)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BADC #DC7351

analogous

#51DCB8 #51BADC #5175DC

triadic

#51BADC #DC51BA #BADC51

tetradic

#51BADC #B851DC #DC7351 #75DC51

square

#51BADC #B851DC #DC7351 #75DC51

split-complementary

#51BADC #DC5175 #DCB851

monochromatic

#1E7895 #28A1C8 #51BADC #84CEE6 #B7E2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#51BADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BADC

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BADC	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51badc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 186, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.107 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cee7',
    500: '#51badc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51badc;
$custom-light: #90cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51badc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.676,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74093,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BADC

secondary

#E0B6A9

accent

#683EE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BADC

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

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