#51ecff

Color #51ecff

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 14.65 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#51ecff

RGB

rgb(81, 236, 255)

HSL

hsl(186.6, 100%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.6, 68.2%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(86.48, -34.29, -21.02)

LCH

lch(86.48, 40.22, 211.51)

OKLCH

oklch(87%, 0.1292, 206.86)

HWB

hwb(186.6, 31.8%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff6451

Analogous

#51ffbb

#51ecff

#5195ff

Triadic

#51ecff

#ff51ec

#ecff51

Split-complementary

#51ecff

#ff5195

#ffbb51

Tetradic

#51ecff

#6451ff

#ff6451

#ecff51

Square

#51ecff

#bb51ff

#ff6451

#95ff51

Shades

Color #51ecff mixed toward black.

#19e6ff

#00c7e0

#0096a8

#006470

#003238

Tints

Color #51ecff mixed toward white.

#6eefff

#8bf2ff

#a8f5ff

#c5f9ff

#e2fcff

Tones

Color #51ecff mixed toward gray.

#60e1f1

#6ed5e2

#7dcad4

#8bbfc5

#9ab3b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abadfb · ΔE 31.2

Deuteranopia

#a397fa · ΔE 35.5

Tritanopia

#61f7f6 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51ecff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51ecff]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#51ecff (#51ecff) is rgb(81, 236, 255) in RGB.

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

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