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Description and conversion results of color #51b6dc

It is a pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 70%. It has a hue value of 196° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Cyan (Process), Maximum Blue, Cerulean (Crayola), Pacific Blue, Deep Sky Blue, Capri, Vivid Sky Blue, Dark Sky Blue, Aero and Sky Blue. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color #51b6dc to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (81, 182, 220) #51b6dc hsl (196.4, 66.5%, 59%) hsv (196.4, 63.2%, 86.3%) lab (69.7, -18, -27.8) xyz (33, 40.4, 73.8)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.

The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.

   Pantone 631 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 638 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 16-4530 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 240 70 30BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 650-1BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 670-5BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6794BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6801BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6787BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #51b6dc respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Sky Blue, Baby Blue, Light Cornflower Blue, Dark Sky Blue, Uranian Blue, Light Blue, Columbia Blue, Beau Blue, Pale Aqua, Alice Blue, Azure (X11/web Color), Cultured and Ghost White.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Blue (Munsell), Cerulean, Celadon Blue, CG Blue, Blue Sapphire, Deep Space Sparkle, Cadet, Payne's Grey, Charcoal, Gunmetal, Outer Space (Crayola), Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Rich Black (FOGRA29), Charleston Green, Eerie Black and Dark Jungle Green.


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Dark Sky Blue, Maximum Blue, Cerulean (Crayola), Aero, Pewter Blue, Air Superiority Blue, Pale Cerulean, Cadet Grey, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Silver Chalice, Quick Silver and Silver (Metallic).

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.

In the following tables these color schemes are present.


Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.




This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Deep Jungle Green, Maximum Blue Green, Verdigris, Blue Sapphire, Cyan (Process), Maximum Blue, Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, French Sky Blue and Iceberg.


Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.


This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to CG Blue, Celadon Blue, Kobicha, Sepia, Tan (Crayola) and Antique Brass.


Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.



This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of cyan, green, yellow and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to CG Blue, Celadon Blue, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Olivine, Asparagus, Old Mauve, Wine Dregs, Charm Pink and Amaranth Pink.


Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.




This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of cyan, magenta, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to CG Blue, Celadon Blue, Japanese Violet, Palatinate Purple, Plum (Web), Lilac, Kobicha, Sepia, Tan (Crayola), Antique Brass, UP Forest Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Dark Sea Green and Eton Blue.

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