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#51CAAA

#51caaa ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#51caaa is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 79.22% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.9% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.84% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 164.13°, with 53.3% saturation and 55.49% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 2.26.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4689

Complementary

  1. #51caaa
  2. #ca5171

Split complementary

  1. #51caaa
  2. #ca51ae
  3. #ca6d51

Analogous

  1. #51ca6d
  2. #51caaa
  3. #51aeca

Triadic

  1. #51caaa
  2. #aa51ca
  3. #caaa51

Tetradic

  1. #51caaa
  2. #5171ca
  3. #ca5171
  4. #caaa51

Square

  1. #51caaa
  2. #6d51ca
  3. #ca5171
  4. #aeca51

Monochromatic

  1. #1e6451
  2. #309e81
  3. #51caaa
  4. #8cdcc7
  5. #c6eee3

Shades

#51caaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #51caaa
  2. #49b699
  3. #41a288
  4. #398d77
  5. #317966
  6. #296555
  7. #205144
  8. #183d33
  9. #102822
  10. #081411
  11. #000000

Tints

#51caaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #51caaa
  2. #62cfb3
  3. #74d5bb
  4. #85dac4
  5. #97dfcc
  6. #a8e5d5
  7. #b9eadd
  8. #cbefe6
  9. #dcf4ee
  10. #eefaf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#51caaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #51caaa
  2. #56c3a6
  3. #5abba2
  4. #5fb49d
  5. #64ac99
  6. #69a595
  7. #6d9e91
  8. #72968d
  9. #778f88
  10. #7b8784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98beb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4bea8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b1ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3c3a9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95bbab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2bcbb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-51caaa {
  color: #51caaa;
}
Background
.bg-51caaa {
  background-color: #51caaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-51caaa {
  border: 2px solid #51caaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #51caaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 202 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 53% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-51caaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #51caaa, #51aeca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-51caaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 202 170 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 2.26 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.26 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.14 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.98 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.07 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.44 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.81 #ae3555 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#51caaa  rgb(81, 202, 170)  hsl(164, 53%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ca5171  rgb(202, 81, 113)  hsl(344, 53%, 55%)  Cerise
#aa51ca  rgb(170, 81, 202)  hsl(284, 53%, 55%)  Medium Orchid
#caaa51  rgb(202, 170, 81)  hsl(44, 53%, 55%)  Metallic Gold