Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind teal-50 #F0FDFA

Tailwind CSS v3's teal-50 is #F0FDFA. It is an off-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.984 with chroma 0.014, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is mintcream (#F5FFFA), ΔE2000 1.5 away.

Relative luminance
0.9568
OKLCH L · C · h
0.984 · 0.014 · 180.7
Best text
Black 20.13:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#F0FDFA color codes

HEX
#F0FDFA
RGB
rgb(240, 253, 250)
HSL
hsl(166, 76%, 97%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.984 0.014 180.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.984 -0.014 0.000)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 98.30, a* -4.79, b* -0.04
XYZ (D65)
X 88.31, Y 95.68, Z 104.24
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(5%, 0%, 1%, 1%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #F0FDFA accessible?

Black text on it reaches 20.13:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.04:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    20.13:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +103

  • White text on it

    1.04:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.04:1

  • As text on black

    20.13:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −104

  • As text on white

    1.04:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.04:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #6D7876 4.56:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.98 to 0.56 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #F0FDFA 20.13:1

    It already reaches 20.13:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #F0FDFA live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #F0FDFA

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F0FDFA sits at step 50.

  1. 50This color#F0FDFA
    White
    1.04
    Black
    20.13
  2. 100#E3EEEB
    White
    1.18
    Black
    17.69
  3. 200#CFDAD8
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.67
  4. 300#B5C1BE
    White
    1.85
    Black
    11.33
  5. 400#99A4A2
    White
    2.56
    Black
    8.18
  6. 500#7D8986
    White
    3.62
    Black
    5.79
  7. 600#66716F
    White
    5.05
    Black
    4.15
  8. 700#505B58
    White
    7.05
    Black
    2.97
  9. 800#394240
    White
    10.35
    Black
    2.02
  10. 900#232B29
    White
    14.49
    Black
    1.44
  11. 950#111816
    White
    18.00
    Black
    1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 teal scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50This color#F0FDFA
    White
    1.04
    Black
    20.13
  2. 100#CCFBF1
    White
    1.12
    Black
    18.63
  3. 200#99F6E4
    White
    1.26
    Black
    16.65
  4. 300#5EEAD4
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.19
  5. 400#2DD4BF
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.28
  6. 500#14B8A6
    White
    2.48
    Black
    8.43
  7. 600#0D9488
    White
    3.74
    Black
    5.60
  8. 700#0F766E
    White
    5.47
    Black
    3.83
  9. 800#115E59
    White
    7.58
    Black
    2.76
  10. 900#134E4A
    White
    9.47
    Black
    2.21
  11. 950#042F2E
    White
    14.47
    Black
    1.45

Gamut

How vivid #F0FDFA can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #F0FDFA: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.014
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
497 nm
Excitation purity
2%
Chromaticity
x 0.3064, y 0.3319

Mixing

Mixing #F0FDFA

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#F8FEFD
  • OKLab50%#F8FEFC
  • OKLCH50%#F8FEFC

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#787F7D
  • OKLab50%#5D6261
  • OKLCH50%#5D6261
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f0fdfa, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f0fdfa 50%, white);

In use

#F0FDFA in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:120.13:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.04:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.04:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.04:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #6D7876 4.56:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:120.13:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.96:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:117.96:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.96:1 Passes

Color vision

How #F0FDFA looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 6.5 at most.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #FCFBFA ΔE2000 6.5

    Noticeable

    Reads as white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #F9F9FA ΔE2000 6.5

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #EDFEFC ΔE2000 1.5

    Very close

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #FAFAFA ΔE2000 6.2

    Noticeable

    Reads as white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #F0FDFA

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #111816 · 17.26:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #505B58 · 6.76:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #B5C1BE · 1.77:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-teal-50: #f0fdfa;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as teal-50;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        teal: { 50: '#f0fdfa' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own teal-50; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-teal-50: oklch(0.984 0.014 180.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "teal-50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9412, 0.9922, 0.9804],
        "hex": "#f0fdfa"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 teal-50"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let teal50 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.941, green: 0.992, blue: 0.980, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Teal50 = Color(0xFFF0FDFA)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #F0FDFA in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.