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Aqua Pearl Bright
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Aqua Pearl Bright

Teal · Hue 180
Hex
#B4F8F8
RGB
rgb(180, 248, 248)
HSL
hsl(180, 84%, 84%)
CMYK
cmyk(27%, 0%, 0%, 3%)
Metrics
S 84% · L 84%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.2:1Fail
on black
17.7:1AA
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About this color

Aqua Pearl Bright (#B4F8F8) belongs to the teal family — hue 180°, 84% saturation, 84% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-aqua-pearl-bright: #B4F8F8;
  --colorarchive-aqua-pearl-bright-hsl: hsl(180, 84%, 84%);
  --colorarchive-aqua-pearl-bright-rgb: rgb(180, 248, 248);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

RefreshingModernClear
Common in

SaaS · Cloud Services · Interior Design

Pairs well with

Coral for playful energy, light gray for modern minimalism

Design tip

Ideal for tech product interfaces. Light teal works as a primary brand color that feels both professional and approachable.

Cultural context ▶

Light teal blends the calm of blue with the renewal of green. Associated with clear water, clarity, and modern thinking.

Color Origins

Teal family

The hue of patina, lagoons, and modern surgery.

Heritage

Teal — the blue-green range — is named after the Eurasian teal duck, whose wing patches sit at exactly this hue. Egyptian blue and Egyptian green, both made from copper-calcium silicate around 2,500 BCE, sit in this region. The patina of weathered copper (the Statue of Liberty's color) is teal because copper carbonate forms there; Bacon's verdigris is the same chemistry. Phthalo turquoise and cobalt teal are 20th-century pigments.

Across cultures

In Persian and Central Asian Islamic architecture, teal-turquoise tile work is iconic — the domes of Samarkand and Isfahan are unmistakable. In ancient Egypt, faience (a kind of glazed ceramic in this color) was associated with the Nile, fertility, and rebirth. In the American Southwest, teal-turquoise is so deeply associated with Navajo and Pueblo silverwork that the color reads 'desert' there.

In the wild

Hospital scrubs are teal because it's the perceptual complement of red blood — staring at red and then looking away produces a green-teal afterimage, and matching the scrubs to that afterimage reduces eye fatigue. Tiffany's blue is a calibrated teal, trademarked as PMS 1837 (their founding year). Most Pixar films grade their shadows toward teal because warm skin against cool shadow is the most legible cinematographic combination. The Apple Watch SE, the Surface Pro, and the new Macs all use teal as a 'calming-but-modern' accent.

How it reads

Teal sits at one of the visually quietest points of the spectrum — it neither advances (like red) nor recedes (like blue). It reads as competent, calm, and slightly clinical; it's the dominant accent color in healthcare and trust-led fintech for that reason. At low saturation it becomes a duck-egg or seafoam, soft and Scandinavian. At high saturation it becomes electric or tropical. Teal pairs particularly well with warm earth tones (terracotta, clay, beige).

This particular tone

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #B4F8F8.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Anthropicprimary
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →
  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #B4F8F8.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • Turkey (Istanbul)Marble White
    #F0EBE0 · Marmara marble, used since Roman era
    →
  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Aqua Mist Bright
#D0FBFB · hsl(180, 84%, 90%)
Darker companion
Aqua Bloom Bright
#8EF5F5 · hsl(180, 84%, 76%)
Complementary counterpoint
Crimson Pearl Bright
#F8B4B4 · hsl(0, 84%, 84%)
Analogous lead
Steel Pearl Bright
#B4DCF8 · hsl(205, 84%, 84%)
Analogous echo
Teal Pearl Bright
#B4F8E2 · hsl(160, 84%, 84%)
Triadic +120°
Fuchsia Pearl Bright
#F8B4F8 · hsl(300, 84%, 84%)
Triadic +240°
Citrine Pearl Bright
#F8F8B4 · hsl(60, 84%, 84%)
Split-comp +150°
Blush Pearl Bright
#F8B4D6 · hsl(330, 84%, 84%)
Split-comp +210°
Coral Pearl Bright
#F8D6B4 · hsl(30, 84%, 84%)
Export preview
Base: Aqua Pearl Bright #B4F8F8
Lighter companion: Aqua Mist Bright #D0FBFB
Darker companion: Aqua Bloom Bright #8EF5F5
Complementary counterpoint: Crimson Pearl Bright #F8B4B4
Analogous lead: Steel Pearl Bright #B4DCF8
Analogous echo: Teal Pearl Bright #B4F8E2
Triadic +120°: Fuchsia Pearl Bright #F8B4F8
Triadic +240°: Citrine Pearl Bright #F8F8B4
Split-comp +150°: Blush Pearl Bright #F8B4D6
Split-comp +210°: Coral Pearl Bright #F8D6B4

Compare

See how Aqua Pearl Bright compares side by side with related colors.

vsAqua Mist BrightvsAqua Bloom BrightvsCrimson Pearl BrightvsSteel Pearl BrightvsTeal Pearl BrightvsFuchsia Pearl Bright

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Aqua Pearl Pure
#B1FCFC · hsl(180, 92%, 84%)
Nearby match
Aqua Mist Bright
#D0FBFB · hsl(180, 84%, 90%)
Nearby match
Aqua Pearl Vivid
#B8F4F4 · hsl(180, 74%, 84%)
Nearby match
Cyan Pearl Bright
#B4F8F3 · hsl(175, 84%, 84%)
Nearby match
Aqua Bloom Bright
#8EF5F5 · hsl(180, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Aqua Whisper Bright
#E3FDFD · hsl(180, 84%, 94%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.2:1
Crimson Dusk Dust
#6D4040
AAA7.4:1
Crimson Dusk Soft
#743939
AAA7.5:1
Crimson Dusk Clear
#862828
AAA7.2:1
Crimson Dusk Vivid
#971717
AAA8.3:1
Crimson Shadow Faint
#4F4040
AAA8.6:1
Crimson Shadow Muted
#543B3B

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#D1CCF8
Protanopia
#D5D6F8
Tritanopia
#B8F8F8
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