#51CEEC#51CEEC

#51CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.116 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEEC
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -25.37, -24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 35.60, 224.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0934 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.116 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5987, 51.9436, 87.2271)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEEC #EC6F51

analogous

#51ECBD #51CEEC #5181EC

triadic

#51CEEC #EC51CE #CEEC51

tetradic

#51CEEC #BD51EC #EC6F51 #81EC51

square

#51CEEC #BD51EC #EC6F51 #81EC51

split-complementary

#51CEEC #EC5181 #ECBD51

monochromatic

#1391AF #1ABEE6 #51CEEC #88DEF2 #BFEDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#51CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#51CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEEC

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEEC	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.116 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ddf2',
    500: '#51ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ceec;
$custom-light: #93ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79377,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEEC

secondary

#B04A31

accent

#3209DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEEC

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

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