#51a8ce

Color #51a8ce

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.2 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#51a8ce

RGB

rgb(81, 168, 206)

HSL

hsl(198.2, 56.1%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.2, 60.7%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(65.13, -14.9, -27.2)

LCH

lch(65.13, 31.01, 241.29)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.1002, 229.25)

HWB

hwb(198.2, 31.8%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce7751

Analogous

#51ceb5

#51a8ce

#516ace

Triadic

#51a8ce

#ce51a8

#a8ce51

Split-complementary

#51a8ce

#ce516a

#ceb551

Tetradic

#51a8ce

#7751ce

#ce7751

#a8ce51

Square

#51a8ce

#b551ce

#ce7751

#6ace51

Shades

Color #51a8ce mixed toward black.

#3592bb

#2a7595

#205870

#153a4b

#0b1d25

Tints

Color #51a8ce mixed toward white.

#6eb7d6

#8bc5de

#a8d4e7

#c5e2ef

#e2f1f7

Tones

Color #51a8ce mixed toward gray.

#5ba4c4

#66a0b9

#709caf

#7b98a4

#85949a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081c6 · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#7b74c4 · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#58bfbd · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51a8ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51a8ce]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#51a8ce (#51a8ce) is rgb(81, 168, 206) in RGB.

No, #51a8ce is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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