#51CBED#51CBED

#51CBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.117 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBED
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -23.57, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 35.68, 228.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.09 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.117 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0291, 50.5713, 87.7560)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBED #ED7351

analogous

#51EDC1 #51CBED #517DED

triadic

#51CBED #ED51CB #CBED51

tetradic

#51CBED #C151ED #ED7351 #7DED51

square

#51CBED #C151ED #ED7351 #7DED51

split-complementary

#51CBED #ED517D #EDC151

monochromatic

#128FB1 #1ABAE7 #51CBED #88DCF3 #C0ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#51CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBED

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBED	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.117 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbf3',
    500: '#51cbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbed;
$custom-light: #93dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.077,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBED

secondary

#B14D31

accent

#3608DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBED

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

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