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Cyan Silk Pure
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Cyan Silk Pure

Teal · Hue 175
Hex
#62F8EC
RGB
rgb(98, 248, 236)
HSL
hsl(175, 92%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(60%, 0%, 5%, 3%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.3:1Fail
on black
16.2:1AA
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About this color

Cyan Silk Pure (#62F8EC) belongs to the teal family — hue 175°, 92% saturation, 68% 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-silk-pure: #62F8EC;
  --colorarchive-cyan-silk-pure-hsl: hsl(175, 92%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-cyan-silk-pure-rgb: rgb(98, 248, 236);
}

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

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 #62F8EC.

  • TikTokaccent
    TikTok Cyan · #25F4EE
    →
  • Douyin 抖音accent
    Cyan · #25F4EE
    →
  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #62F8EC.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →
  • 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 Bloom Pure
#89FAF1 · hsl(175, 92%, 76%)
Darker companion
Cyan Tone Pure
#3BF7E7 · hsl(175, 92%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Crimson Silk Pure
#F86262 · hsl(0, 92%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Azure Silk Pure
#62C6F8 · hsl(200, 92%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Jade Silk Pure
#62F8AD · hsl(150, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Magenta Silk Pure
#DF62F8 · hsl(290, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Canary Silk Pure
#F8EC62 · hsl(55, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Rose Silk Pure
#F862C6 · hsl(320, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Tangerine Silk Pure
#F8A162 · hsl(25, 92%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Cyan Silk Pure #62F8EC
Lighter companion: Cyan Bloom Pure #89FAF1
Darker companion: Cyan Tone Pure #3BF7E7
Complementary counterpoint: Crimson Silk Pure #F86262
Analogous lead: Azure Silk Pure #62C6F8
Analogous echo: Jade Silk Pure #62F8AD
Triadic +120°: Magenta Silk Pure #DF62F8
Triadic +240°: Canary Silk Pure #F8EC62
Split-comp +150°: Rose Silk Pure #F862C6
Split-comp +210°: Tangerine Silk Pure #F8A162

Compare

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

vsCyan Bloom PurevsCyan Tone PurevsCrimson Silk PurevsAzure Silk PurevsJade Silk PurevsMagenta Silk Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Cyan Silk Bright
#69F2E7 · hsl(175, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Silk Pure
#62F8DF · hsl(170, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Aqua Silk Pure
#62F8F8 · hsl(180, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Cyan Tone Pure
#3BF7E7 · hsl(175, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Cyan Bloom Pure
#89FAF1 · hsl(175, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Cyan Silk Vivid
#71EAE0 · hsl(175, 74%, 68%)

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
AAA7.6:1
Crimson Shadow Faint
#4F4040
AAA7.8:1
Crimson Shadow Muted
#543B3B
AAA8.1:1
Crimson Shadow Dust
#5A3535
AAA8.3:1
Crimson Shadow Soft
#602F2F
AAA8.5:1
Crimson Shadow Clear
#6E2121
AAA8.2:1
Crimson Shadow Vivid
#7C1313

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#AFA3F0
Protanopia
#B7B9EF
Tritanopia
#70F1F2
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