#51BADE#51BADE

#51BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BADE
RGB	rgb(81, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -19.46, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 33.30, 234.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0784 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.109 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1318, 42.1375, 75.4276)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BADE #DE7551

analogous

#51DEBC #51BADE #5174DE

triadic

#51BADE #DE51BA #BADE51

tetradic

#51BADE #BC51DE #DE7551 #74DE51

square

#51BADE #BC51DE #DE7551 #74DE51

split-complementary

#51BADE #DE5174 #DEBC51

monochromatic

#1D7898 #27A1CB #51BADE #84CEE8 #B8E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#51BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BADE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BADE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cee8',
    500: '#51bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bade;
$custom-light: #90cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74176,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BADE

secondary

#E1B8AA

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BADE

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

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