Information about #51AED6 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#51AED6 falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(81, 174, 214) — 31.8% red, 68.2% green, 83.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 52 / 16 / 0 / 16. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #51AED6 reads as a strongly colored sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Maximum Blue (#47ABCC). Slightly further away sit Viking (#4DB1C8) and Carolina Blue (#56A0D3).

The recipe behind #51AED6 is rgb(81, 174, 214), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #51AED6: 8.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#51AED6 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#51AED6 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#51AED6 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#51AED6 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#51AED6 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#51AED6 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #51AED6

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Carolina Blue color link
Carolina Blue

#56A0D3

Brilliant Cornflower Blue color link
Brilliant Cornflower Blue

#51AFE7

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Picton Blue color link
Picton Blue

#45B1E8

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Parachute color link
Parachute

#65B8D1

Something Blue color link
Something Blue

#68ADD0

Celestial Blue color link
Celestial Blue

#4997D0

Blue Jeans color link
Blue Jeans

#5DADEC

Malibu color link
Malibu

#66B7E1

#51AED6 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#51AED6
  • RGB81, 174, 214
  • CMYK52, 16, 0, 16
  • CSSrgb(81, 174, 214)
  • HSL198°, 62%, 58%
  • HSL Precise198.045°, 61.86%, 57.843%
  • HSV198°, 62%, 84%
  • HSB198°, 62%, 84%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.839
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.682, 0.839)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.682, 0.839, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.682, 0.839)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB83.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID51AED6
  • DECIMAL ID5353174
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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