#51c3d4

Color #51c3d4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.91 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#51c3d4

RGB

rgb(81, 195, 212)

HSL

hsl(187.8, 60.4%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.8, 61.8%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.8%, 8%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(73.24, -27, -18.12)

LCH

lch(73.24, 32.52, 213.87)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.1045, 208.72)

HWB

hwb(187.8, 31.8%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d46251

Analogous

#51d4a4

#51c3d4

#5182d4

Triadic

#51c3d4

#d451c3

#c3d451

Split-complementary

#51c3d4

#d45182

#d4a451

Tetradic

#51c3d4

#6251d4

#d46251

#c3d451

Square

#51c3d4

#a451d4

#d46251

#82d451

Shades

Color #51c3d4 mixed toward black.

#30b1c4

#278d9d

#1d6a76

#13474e

#0a2327

Tints

Color #51c3d4 mixed toward white.

#6ecddb

#8bd7e2

#a8e1ea

#c5ebf1

#e2f5f8

Tones

Color #51c3d4 mixed toward gray.

#5cbbc9

#67b3be

#72abb3

#7da3a8

#889b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9192d0 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#8a81cf · ΔE 31.3

Tritanopia

#5bcdcc · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #51c3d4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51c3d4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#51c3d4 (#51c3d4) is rgb(81, 195, 212) in RGB.

No, #51c3d4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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