CyanMid-toneMuted

Pottery Blue

#51A5C0

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.80:1Fails

Black text

7.06:1AAA

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About Pottery Blue

Pottery Blue (#51A5C0) is a mid-tone muted cyan. Its RGB value is 81, 165, 192 and its HSL value is 195°, 47%, 54%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Pottery Blue, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Harmonies

Complementary

#51A5C0 · #C06C51

Analogous

#51C0A3 · #51A5C0 · #516EC0

Triadic

#51A5C0 · #C051A5 · #A5C051

Split complementary

#51A5C0 · #C0516E · #C0A351

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