#51CAEC#51CAEC

#51CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.116 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAEC
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -23.37, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 35.51, 228.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0894 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.116 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6480, 50.0422, 86.9102)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAEC #EC7351

analogous

#51ECC0 #51CAEC #517DEC

triadic

#51CAEC #EC51CA #CAEC51

tetradic

#51CAEC #C051EC #EC7351 #7DEC51

square

#51CAEC #C051EC #EC7351 #7DEC51

split-complementary

#51CAEC #EC517D #ECC051

monochromatic

#138DAF #1AB9E6 #51CAEC #88DBF2 #BFECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#51CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#51CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAEC

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAEC	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.116 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92daf2',
    500: '#51caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51caec;
$custom-light: #92daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.161,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAEC

secondary

#B04D31

accent

#3709DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAEC

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

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