#51ccee

Color #51ccee

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#51ccee

RGB

rgb(81, 204, 238)

HSL

hsl(193, 82.2%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193, 66%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(66%, 14.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(76.74, -23.77, -26.82)

LCH

lch(76.74, 35.84, 228.45)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.1176, 219.51)

HWB

hwb(193, 31.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee7351

Analogous

#51eec1

#51ccee

#517dee

Triadic

#51ccee

#ee51cc

#ccee51

Split-complementary

#51ccee

#ee517d

#eec151

Tetradic

#51ccee

#7351ee

#ee7351

#ccee51

Square

#51ccee

#c151ee

#ee7351

#7dee51

Shades

Color #51ccee mixed toward black.

#20bee9

#139cc2

#0e7591

#094e61

#052730

Tints

Color #51ccee mixed toward white.

#6ed4f1

#8bddf4

#a8e5f6

#c5eef9

#e2f6fc

Tones

Color #51ccee mixed toward gray.

#5ec4e1

#6bbdd4

#78b6c7

#85aeba

#92a7ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798e6 · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#9086e4 · ΔE 30

Tritanopia

#5de0df · ΔE 12.7

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 21.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #51ccee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51ccee]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#51ccee (#51ccee) is rgb(81, 204, 238) in RGB.

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

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