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Recognised as Colour

#51D1FD

  • #51D1FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#51D1FD is a cyan with RGB values 81, 209, 253 and HSL 195°, 98%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#51D1FD#51D1FD
HEX#51D1FD
RGBrgb(81, 209, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.8196, 0.9922
RGB percentages31.8%, 82%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(195.3, 97.7%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 68%, 99.2%)
CMYK68%, 17.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,362,173
CSS custom property--colour: #51D1FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.89:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#AE2E02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9CDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1BBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00DEDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.4Sky blue · ΔE 12.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 23.6Powder blue · ΔE 26.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD7D51
Analogous#51FDD3, #517BFD
Triadic#FD51D1, #D1FD51
Split complementary#FD517B, #FDD351
Tetradic#D351FD, #FD7D51, #7BFD51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F9FF
Lighter +20%#B6ECFE
Lighter +10%#83DEFE
Darker −10%#1FC4FC
Darker −20%#03ABE5
Darker −30%#0286B3
Darker −40%#016081
More saturated +25%#4FD2FF
Less saturated −25%#67C6E7

Channel breakdown

R81
G209
B253
Red81 (31.8%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue195.35°
Saturation (HSL)97.73%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G D1 · B FD

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