#51CCED#51CCED

#51CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.117 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCED
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -24.07, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 35.68, 227.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.091 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.117 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2660, 51.0451, 87.8349)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCED #ED7251

analogous

#51EDC0 #51CCED #517EED

triadic

#51CCED #ED51CC #CCED51

tetradic

#51CCED #C051ED #ED7251 #7EED51

square

#51CCED #C051ED #ED7251 #7EED51

split-complementary

#51CCED #ED517E #EDC051

monochromatic

#1290B1 #1ABCE7 #51CCED #88DCF3 #C0EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#51CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#51CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCED

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCED	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.117 218.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78955,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCED

secondary

#B14C31

accent

#3508DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCED

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

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