#51898e

Color #51898e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.08 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#51898e

RGB

rgb(81, 137, 142)

HSL

hsl(184.9, 27.4%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.9, 43%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(43%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(53.59, -17.04, -8.47)

LCH

lch(53.59, 19.03, 206.43)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0595, 203.03)

HWB

hwb(184.9, 31.8%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e5651

Analogous

#518e74

#51898e

#516a8e

Triadic

#51898e

#8e5189

#898e51

Split-complementary

#51898e

#8e516a

#8e7451

Tetradic

#51898e

#56518e

#8e5651

#898e51

Square

#51898e

#74518e

#8e5651

#6a8e51

Shades

Color #51898e mixed toward black.

#437276

#365b5f

#284447

#1b2e2f

#0d1718

Tints

Color #51898e mixed toward white.

#67a3a8

#85b5ba

#a4c8cb

#c2dadc

#e1edee

Tones

Color #51898e mixed toward gray.

#568589

#5b8084

#607c7f

#65787a

#6a7475

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e8d · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#6a668d · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#558c8c · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51898e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51898e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#51898e (#51898e) is rgb(81, 137, 142) in RGB.

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

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