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#51C2EA

#51c2ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#51c2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 76.08% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.38% cyan, 17.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 195.69°, with 78.46% saturation and 61.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.24.

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Relative luminance0.4627

Complementary

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #ea7951

Split complementary

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #ea5175
  3. #eac651

Analogous

  1. #51eac6
  2. #51c2ea
  3. #5175ea

Triadic

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #ea51c2
  3. #c2ea51

Tetradic

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #7951ea
  3. #ea7951
  4. #c2ea51

Square

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #c651ea
  3. #ea7951
  4. #75ea51

Monochromatic

  1. #116f91
  2. #1aa4d5
  3. #51c2ea
  4. #95daf2
  5. #daf2fa

Shades

#51c2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #49afd3
  3. #419bbb
  4. #3988a4
  5. #31748c
  6. #296175
  7. #204e5e
  8. #183a46
  9. #10272f
  10. #081317
  11. #000000

Tints

#51c2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #62c8ec
  3. #74ceee
  4. #85d4f0
  5. #97daf2
  6. #a8e1f5
  7. #b9e7f7
  8. #cbedf9
  9. #dcf3fb
  10. #eef9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#51c2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #51c2ea
  2. #56bbdf
  3. #5ab5d5
  4. #5faeca
  5. #64a8c0
  6. #69a1b5
  7. #6d9aaa
  8. #7294a0
  9. #778d95
  10. #7b878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97bacc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acbeec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96aeea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cecf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90c0eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #80b7ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c9da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-51c2ea {
  color: #51c2ea;
}
Background
.bg-51c2ea {
  background-color: #51c2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-51c2ea {
  border: 2px solid #51c2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #51c2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 194 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-51c2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #51c2ea, #5175ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-51c2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 194 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.24 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.61 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.85 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.77 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.33 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.64 #ae3d15 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#51c2ea  rgb(81, 194, 234)  hsl(196, 78%, 62%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea7951  rgb(234, 121, 81)  hsl(16, 78%, 62%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea51c2  rgb(234, 81, 194)  hsl(316, 78%, 62%)  Shocking Pink
#c2ea51  rgb(194, 234, 81)  hsl(76, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm