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Cyan Radiant Pure
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Cyan Radiant Pure

Teal · Hue 175
Hex
#1EF6E4
RGB
rgb(30, 246, 228)
HSL
hsl(175, 92%, 54%)
CMYK
cmyk(88%, 0%, 7%, 4%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 54%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.4:1Fail
on black
15.4:1AA
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About this color

Cyan Radiant Pure (#1EF6E4) belongs to the teal family — hue 175°, 92% saturation, 54% 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-radiant-pure: #1EF6E4;
  --colorarchive-cyan-radiant-pure-hsl: hsl(175, 92%, 54%);
  --colorarchive-cyan-radiant-pure-rgb: rgb(30, 246, 228);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

SophisticatedCreativeBalanced
Common in

Design Agencies · Healthcare Tech · Education

Pairs well with

Warm orange for complementary energy, dark slate for depth

Design tip

A versatile primary color for brands seeking to appear both creative and reliable. Works across light and dark themes.

Cultural context ▶

Teal balances emotional stability with mental clarity. It's associated with communication and healing in color therapy.

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 vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

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 #1EF6E4.

  • TikTokaccent
    TikTok Cyan · #25F4EE
    →
  • Douyin 抖音accent
    Cyan · #25F4EE
    →
  • Slackaccent
    Slack Blue · #36C5F0
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #1EF6E4.

  • AustraliaReef Turquoise
    #3FBFB9 · Whitsunday lagoons
    →

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 Tone Pure
#3BF7E7 · hsl(175, 92%, 60%)
Darker companion
Cyan Core Pure
#0AEBD8 · hsl(175, 92%, 48%)
Complementary counterpoint
Crimson Radiant Pure
#F61E1E · hsl(0, 92%, 54%)
Analogous lead
Azure Radiant Pure
#1EAEF6 · hsl(200, 92%, 54%)
Analogous echo
Jade Radiant Pure
#1EF68A · hsl(150, 92%, 54%)
Triadic +120°
Magenta Radiant Pure
#D21EF6 · hsl(290, 92%, 54%)
Triadic +240°
Canary Radiant Pure
#F6E41E · hsl(55, 92%, 54%)
Split-comp +150°
Rose Radiant Pure
#F61EAE · hsl(320, 92%, 54%)
Split-comp +210°
Tangerine Radiant Pure
#F6781E · hsl(25, 92%, 54%)
Export preview
Base: Cyan Radiant Pure #1EF6E4
Lighter companion: Cyan Tone Pure #3BF7E7
Darker companion: Cyan Core Pure #0AEBD8
Complementary counterpoint: Crimson Radiant Pure #F61E1E
Analogous lead: Azure Radiant Pure #1EAEF6
Analogous echo: Jade Radiant Pure #1EF68A
Triadic +120°: Magenta Radiant Pure #D21EF6
Triadic +240°: Canary Radiant Pure #F6E41E
Split-comp +150°: Rose Radiant Pure #F61EAE
Split-comp +210°: Tangerine Radiant Pure #F6781E

Compare

See how Cyan Radiant Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsCyan Tone PurevsCyan Core PurevsCrimson Radiant PurevsAzure Radiant PurevsJade Radiant PurevsMagenta Radiant Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Cyan Radiant Bright
#27ECDC · hsl(175, 84%, 54%)
Nearby match
Cyan Core Pure
#0AEBD8 · hsl(175, 92%, 48%)
Nearby match
Cyan Tone Pure
#3BF7E7 · hsl(175, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Radiant Pure
#1EF6D2 · hsl(170, 92%, 54%)
Nearby match
Aqua Radiant Pure
#1EF6F6 · hsl(180, 92%, 54%)
Nearby match
Cyan Core Bright
#14E1D0 · hsl(175, 84%, 48%)

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 Shadow Faint
#4F4040
AAA7.4:1
Crimson Shadow Muted
#543B3B
AAA7.7:1
Crimson Shadow Dust
#5A3535
AAA7.9:1
Crimson Shadow Soft
#602F2F
AAA8.1:1
Crimson Shadow Clear
#6E2121
AAA7.8:1
Crimson Shadow Vivid
#7C1313

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#A092EA
Protanopia
#ABACE9
Tritanopia
#44ECED
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