#51cbe5

Color #51cbe5

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#51cbe5

RGB

rgb(81, 203, 229)

HSL

hsl(190.5, 74%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.5, 64.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(76.14, -25.97, -22.91)

LCH

lch(76.14, 34.63, 221.42)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.1128, 214.38)

HWB

hwb(190.5, 31.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e56b51

Analogous

#51e5b5

#51cbe5

#5181e5

Triadic

#51cbe5

#e551cb

#cbe551

Split-complementary

#51cbe5

#e55181

#e5b551

Tetradic

#51cbe5

#6b51e5

#e56b51

#cbe551

Square

#51cbe5

#b551e5

#e56b51

#81e551

Shades

Color #51cbe5 mixed toward black.

#24bede

#1b99b4

#147387

#0d4d5a

#07262d

Tints

Color #51cbe5 mixed toward white.

#6ed4e9

#8bdcee

#a8e5f2

#c5eef6

#e2f6fb

Tones

Color #51cbe5 mixed toward gray.

#5dc3d9

#6abbcc

#76b3c0

#82abb4

#8fa3a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697df · ΔE 27.5

Deuteranopia

#8f86de · ΔE 30.7

Tritanopia

#5cdad9 · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51cbe5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51cbe5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#51cbe5 (#51cbe5) is rgb(81, 203, 229) in RGB.

No, #51cbe5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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