#51a295

Color #51a295

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.64 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#51a295

RGB

rgb(81, 162, 149)

HSL

hsl(170.4, 33.3%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.4, 50%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 0%, 8%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(61.44, -28.05, -0.85)

LCH

lch(61.44, 28.06, 181.74)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.0822, 181.88)

HWB

hwb(170.4, 31.8%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2515e

Analogous

#51a26c

#51a295

#5186a2

Triadic

#51a295

#9551a2

#a29551

Split-complementary

#51a295

#a25186

#a26c51

Tetradic

#51a295

#515ea2

#a2515e

#a29551

Square

#51a295

#6c51a2

#a2515e

#86a251

Shades

Color #51a295 mixed toward black.

#43877c

#366c63

#28514a

#1b3632

#0d1b19

Tints

Color #51a295 mixed toward white.

#6bb5a9

#88c4ba

#a6d2cb

#c4e1dd

#e1f0ee

Tones

Color #51a295 mixed toward gray.

#589b90

#5e948c

#658e87

#6c8783

#73807e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7d98 · ΔE 28

Deuteranopia

#787199 · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#579b9b · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51a295;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51a295]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#51a295 (#51a295) is rgb(81, 162, 149) in RGB.

No, #51a295 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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