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#51CDAF

#51cdaf ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#51cdaf is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 80.39% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.49% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.63% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 165.48°, with 55.36% saturation and 56.08% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 2.62.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4851

Complementary

  1. #51cdaf
  2. #cd516f

Split complementary

  1. #51cdaf
  2. #cd51ad
  3. #cd7151

Analogous

  1. #51cd71
  2. #51cdaf
  3. #51adcd

Triadic

  1. #51cdaf
  2. #af51cd
  3. #cdaf51

Tetradic

  1. #51cdaf
  2. #516fcd
  3. #cd516f
  4. #cdaf51

Square

  1. #51cdaf
  2. #7151cd
  3. #cd516f
  4. #adcd51

Monochromatic

  1. #1e6756
  2. #2fa387
  3. #51cdaf
  4. #8cdeca
  5. #c8efe6

Shades

#51cdaf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #51cdaf
  2. #49b99e
  3. #41a48c
  4. #39907b
  5. #317b69
  6. #296758
  7. #205246
  8. #183e35
  9. #102923
  10. #081512
  11. #000000

Tints

#51cdaf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #51cdaf
  2. #62d2b7
  3. #74d7bf
  4. #85dcc7
  5. #97e1cf
  6. #a8e6d7
  7. #b9ebdf
  8. #cbf0e7
  9. #dcf5ef
  10. #eefaf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#51cdaf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #51cdaf
  2. #56c5aa
  3. #5abea6
  4. #5fb6a1
  5. #64ae9c
  6. #69a798
  7. #6d9f93
  8. #72978e
  9. #778f89
  10. #7b8885
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ac1b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6c1ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4b4b1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cfc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4c6ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97beb0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #28cebc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-51cdaf {
  color: #51cdaf;
}
Background
.bg-51cdaf {
  background-color: #51cdaf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-51cdaf {
  border: 2px solid #51cdaf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #51cdaf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 205 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 55% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-51cdaf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #51cdaf, #51adcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-51cdaf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 205 175 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 2.62 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.86 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.94 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.15 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.61 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.59 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.87 #ae3250 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#51cdaf  rgb(81, 205, 175)  hsl(165, 55%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cd516f  rgb(205, 81, 111)  hsl(345, 55%, 56%)  Cerise
#af51cd  rgb(175, 81, 205)  hsl(285, 55%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#cdaf51  rgb(205, 175, 81)  hsl(45, 55%, 56%)  Metallic Gold