#51898c

Color #51898c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.9 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#51898c

RGB

rgb(81, 137, 140)

HSL

hsl(183.1, 26.7%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.1, 42.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(53.53, -17.59, -7.4)

LCH

lch(53.53, 19.08, 202.82)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0593, 200.12)

HWB

hwb(183.1, 31.8%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c5451

Analogous

#518c71

#51898c

#516b8c

Triadic

#51898c

#8c5189

#898c51

Split-complementary

#51898c

#8c516b

#8c7151

Tetradic

#51898c

#54518c

#8c5451

#898c51

Square

#51898c

#71518c

#8c5451

#6b8c51

Shades

Color #51898c mixed toward black.

#437275

#365b5d

#284446

#1b2e2f

#0d1717

Tints

Color #51898c mixed toward white.

#66a3a7

#85b6b8

#a3c8ca

#c2dadc

#e0eded

Tones

Color #51898c mixed toward gray.

#568487

#5b8082

#607c7d

#657778

#6a7373

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e8b · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#6a668b · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#558b8b · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51898c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51898c]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#51898c (#51898c) is rgb(81, 137, 140) in RGB.

No, #51898c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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