All About Color #51C8AC

#51C8AC

About #51C8AC

#51C8AC is a medium cyan color with the hex code #51C8AC. In RGB it is red 81, green 200, blue 172; in HSL it is hue 166°, saturation 52%, lightness 55%; in CMYK it is 60%, 0%, 14%, 22%. Its contrast ratio is 2.06:1 on white and 10.21:1 on black.

#51C8AC Color Conversion

Hex triplet51, C8, AC
CMYK59.50%, 0.00%, 14.00%, 21.57%
RGB Decimal81, 200, 172
HSL166°, 52%, 55%
RGB Octal121, 310, 254
HSV (HSB)165.88°, 59.50%, 78.43%
RGB Binary1010001, 11001000, 10101100
CIE-L*AB73.57, -40.08, 4.08
RGB Percent31.76%, 78.43%, 67.45%
CIE-L*CH73.57, 40.29, 174.19
XYZ31.49, 46.04, 46.26
CIE-L*UV73.57, -49.24, 12.44
xyY0.25, 0.37, 46.04
Hunter-Lab67.85, -35.88, 7.08
RYB31.76%, 58.21%, 78.43%

Color Accessibility Scores

#51C8AC on a dark background: contrast 10.21:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#51C8AC on a light background: contrast 2.06:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #51C8AC, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#51C8AC · #96DECD · #2D8F79 · #C8516C · #DE96A7

Analogous palette

#6CC851 · #51C870 · #51C8AC · #51A8C8 · #516CC8

Triadic palette

#51C8AC · #AC51C8 · #C8AC51 · #96DECD · #CD96DE

Tetradic palette

#51C8AC · #7051C8 · #C8516C · #A8C851 · #2D8F79

Monochromatic palette

#1F6151 · #319B82 · #51C8AC · #8BDAC8 · #C5EDE3

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