Recognised as Colour

#51CFCD

#51CFCD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#51CFCD is a cyan with RGB values 81, 207, 205 and HSL 179°, 57%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#51CFCD#51CFCD

HEX#51CFCD

RGBrgb(81, 207, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.8118, 0.8039

RGB percentages31.8%, 81.2%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(179, 56.8%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179, 60.9%, 81.2%)

CMYK60.9%, 0%, 1%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,361,613

CSS custom property--colour: #51CFCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#AE3032

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3C5CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFB7CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00D5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 2.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 11.5 Turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.1 Aqua · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 2.83, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CF5153

Analogous#51CF8E, #5192CF

Triadic#CD51CF, #CFCD51

Split complementary#CF5192, #CF8E51

Tetradic#8E51CF, #CF5153, #92CF51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F1FBFB

Lighter +30%#C9F0EF

Lighter +20%#A1E5E4

Lighter +10%#79DAD8

Darker −10%#33BAB8

Darker −20%#289290

Darker −30%#1D6A69

Darker −40%#124241

More saturated +25%#35EBE8

Less saturated −25%#6DB3B2

Channel breakdown

R81

G207

B205

Red81 (31.8%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue179.05°

Saturation (HSL)56.76%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 51 · G CF · B CD

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