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Cyan Dusk Bright
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Cyan Dusk Bright

Teal · Hue 175
Hex
#0EA093
RGB
rgb(14, 160, 147)
HSL
hsl(175, 84%, 34%)
CMYK
cmyk(91%, 0%, 8%, 37%)
Metrics
S 84% · L 34%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
3.2:1AA Large
on black
6.5:1AA
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About this color

Cyan Dusk Bright (#0EA093) belongs to the teal family — hue 175°, 84% saturation, 34% 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-cyan-dusk-bright: #0EA093;
  --colorarchive-cyan-dusk-bright-hsl: hsl(175, 84%, 34%);
  --colorarchive-cyan-dusk-bright-rgb: rgb(14, 160, 147);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

DeepProfessionalStable
Common in

Corporate Software · Consulting · Marine

Pairs well with

White for sharp contrast, light coral for warmth, silver for tech

Design tip

Use as a dark theme primary or sidebar background. Deep teal is less harsh than pure black while maintaining professionalism.

Cultural context ▶

Deep teal evokes deep ocean waters — stability, depth, and hidden knowledge. Common in corporate and maritime contexts.

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

A jewel tone — saturated and dark at once. This is the register of velvet, deep enamel, and old-world luxury.

Lightness band: At this depth the hue starts behaving like a neutral — it can substitute for black in many contexts while still carrying a faint chromatic temperature. It pairs especially well with off-whites and warm metallics.

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 #0EA093.

  • OpenAIaccent
    ChatGPT Green · #10A37F
    →
  • Airbnbsecondary
    Babu Teal · #00A699
    →
  • PlayStationaccent
    Triangle Green · #1FAA8C
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #0EA093.

  • IrelandCeltic Cross Green
    #169B62 · Irish flag — Pantone 347
    →
  • EgyptMalachite Green
    #3D9970 · Copper carbonate, Sinai mines
    →
  • VietnamJade River
    #3F8B7E · Halong Bay limestone water
    →

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
Cyan Velvet Bright
#11C5B6 · hsl(175, 84%, 42%)
Darker companion
Cyan Shadow Bright
#0B8379 · hsl(175, 84%, 28%)
Complementary counterpoint
Crimson Dusk Bright
#A00E0E · hsl(0, 84%, 34%)
Analogous lead
Azure Dusk Bright
#0E6FA0 · hsl(200, 84%, 34%)
Analogous echo
Jade Dusk Bright
#0EA057 · hsl(150, 84%, 34%)
Triadic +120°
Magenta Dusk Bright
#870EA0 · hsl(290, 84%, 34%)
Triadic +240°
Canary Dusk Bright
#A0930E · hsl(55, 84%, 34%)
Split-comp +150°
Rose Dusk Bright
#A00E6F · hsl(320, 84%, 34%)
Split-comp +210°
Tangerine Dusk Bright
#A04B0E · hsl(25, 84%, 34%)
Export preview
Base: Cyan Dusk Bright #0EA093
Lighter companion: Cyan Velvet Bright #11C5B6
Darker companion: Cyan Shadow Bright #0B8379
Complementary counterpoint: Crimson Dusk Bright #A00E0E
Analogous lead: Azure Dusk Bright #0E6FA0
Analogous echo: Jade Dusk Bright #0EA057
Triadic +120°: Magenta Dusk Bright #870EA0
Triadic +240°: Canary Dusk Bright #A0930E
Split-comp +150°: Rose Dusk Bright #A00E6F
Split-comp +210°: Tangerine Dusk Bright #A04B0E

Compare

See how Cyan Dusk Bright compares side by side with related colors.

vsCyan Velvet BrightvsCyan Shadow BrightvsCrimson Dusk BrightvsAzure Dusk BrightvsJade Dusk BrightvsMagenta Dusk Bright

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Cyan Dusk Pure
#07A699 · hsl(175, 92%, 34%)
Nearby match
Cyan Shadow Bright
#0B8379 · hsl(175, 84%, 28%)
Nearby match
Cyan Dusk Vivid
#17978C · hsl(175, 74%, 34%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Dusk Bright
#0EA087 · hsl(170, 84%, 34%)
Nearby match
Aqua Dusk Bright
#0EA0A0 · hsl(180, 84%, 34%)
Nearby match
Cyan Velvet Bright
#11C5B6 · hsl(175, 84%, 42%)

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
AA4.9:1
Crimson Ink Faint
#272020
AA5:1
Crimson Ink Muted
#2A1D1D
AA5.1:1
Crimson Ink Dust
#2D1A1A
AA5.1:1
Crimson Ink Soft
#301818
AA5.2:1
Crimson Ink Clear
#371010
AA5.2:1
Crimson Ink Vivid
#3E0909

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#675D97
Protanopia
#6E6F96
Tritanopia
#299999
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