#51CAEE#51CAEE

#51CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAEE
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -22.76, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 35.86, 230.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0887 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.118 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9402, 50.1591, 88.4491)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAEE #EE7551

analogous

#51EEC4 #51CAEE #517BEE

triadic

#51CAEE #EE51CA #CAEE51

tetradic

#51CAEE #C451EE #EE7551 #7BEE51

square

#51CAEE #C451EE #EE7551 #7BEE51

split-complementary

#51CAEE #EE517B #EEC451

monochromatic

#118EB3 #19B9E9 #51CAEE #89DBF3 #C1ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#51CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAEE

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAEE	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93daf3',
    500: '#51caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51caee;
$custom-light: #93daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.758,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78534,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAEE

secondary

#B34E30

accent

#3807DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAEE

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

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