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Colour

#51FFF9

  • #51FFF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#51FFF9 is a cyan with RGB values 81, 255, 249 and HSL 178°, 100%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#51FFF9#51FFF9
HEX#51FFF9
RGBrgb(81, 255, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 1, 0.9765
RGB percentages31.8%, 100%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(177.9, 100%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 68.2%, 100%)
CMYK68.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,373,945
CSS custom property--colour: #51FFF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80109WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.02:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#AE0006

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0F2F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00FFFDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 5.4Cyan · ΔE 5.4Turquoise · ΔE 12.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4Aquamarine · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF5157
Analogous#51FFA2, #51AEFF
Triadic#F951FF, #FFF951
Split complementary#FF51AE, #FFA251
Tetradic#A251FF, #FF5157, #AEFF51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAFFFE
Lighter +20%#B7FFFD
Lighter +10%#84FFFB
Darker −10%#1EFFF7
Darker −20%#00EAE2
Darker −30%#00B7B1
Darker −40%#00847F
More saturated +25%#51FFF9
Less saturated −25%#67E9E5

Channel breakdown

R81
G255
B249
Red81 (31.8%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue177.93°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 51 · G FF · B F9

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