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Jade Dusk Vivid
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Jade Dusk Vivid

Teal · Hue 150
Hex
#179757
RGB
rgb(23, 151, 87)
HSL
hsl(150, 74%, 34%)
CMYK
cmyk(85%, 0%, 42%, 41%)
Metrics
S 74% · L 34%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
3.7:1AA Large
on black
5.6:1AA
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About this color

Jade Dusk Vivid (#179757) belongs to the teal family — hue 150°, 74% 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-jade-dusk-vivid: #179757;
  --colorarchive-jade-dusk-vivid-hsl: hsl(150, 74%, 34%);
  --colorarchive-jade-dusk-vivid-rgb: rgb(23, 151, 87);
}

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 #179757.

  • GitHubaccent
    Success Green · #2DA44E
    →
  • OpenAIaccent
    ChatGPT Green · #10A37F
    →
  • Googleprimary
    Google Green · #34A853
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #179757.

  • 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
Jade Velvet Vivid
#1CBA6B · hsl(150, 74%, 42%)
Darker companion
Jade Shadow Vivid
#137C47 · hsl(150, 74%, 28%)
Complementary counterpoint
Blush Dusk Vivid
#971757 · hsl(330, 74%, 34%)
Analogous lead
Cyan Dusk Vivid
#17978C · hsl(175, 74%, 34%)
Analogous echo
Mint Dusk Vivid
#17972C · hsl(130, 74%, 34%)
Triadic +120°
Plum Dusk Vivid
#571797 · hsl(270, 74%, 34%)
Triadic +240°
Coral Dusk Vivid
#975717 · hsl(30, 74%, 34%)
Split-comp +150°
Fuchsia Dusk Vivid
#971797 · hsl(300, 74%, 34%)
Split-comp +210°
Crimson Dusk Vivid
#971717 · hsl(0, 74%, 34%)
Export preview
Base: Jade Dusk Vivid #179757
Lighter companion: Jade Velvet Vivid #1CBA6B
Darker companion: Jade Shadow Vivid #137C47
Complementary counterpoint: Blush Dusk Vivid #971757
Analogous lead: Cyan Dusk Vivid #17978C
Analogous echo: Mint Dusk Vivid #17972C
Triadic +120°: Plum Dusk Vivid #571797
Triadic +240°: Coral Dusk Vivid #975717
Split-comp +150°: Fuchsia Dusk Vivid #971797
Split-comp +210°: Crimson Dusk Vivid #971717

Compare

See how Jade Dusk Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsJade Velvet VividvsJade Shadow VividvsBlush Dusk VividvsCyan Dusk VividvsMint Dusk VividvsPlum Dusk Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Jade Shadow Vivid
#137C47 · hsl(150, 74%, 28%)
Nearby match
Jade Dusk Bright
#0EA057 · hsl(150, 84%, 34%)
Nearby match
Celadon Dusk Vivid
#17974C · hsl(145, 74%, 34%)
Nearby match
Jade Velvet Vivid
#1CBA6B · hsl(150, 74%, 42%)
Nearby match
Jade Dusk Pure
#07A657 · hsl(150, 92%, 34%)
Nearby match
Jade Shadow Bright
#0B8347 · hsl(150, 84%, 28%)

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
AA4.5:1
Garnet Ink Clear
#37101D
AA4.5:1
Merlot Ink Clear
#371017
AA4.5:1
Merlot Ink Vivid
#3E0912
AA4.5:1
Crimson Ink Clear
#371010
AA4.5:1
Crimson Ink Vivid
#3E0909
AA4.6:1
Mulberry Ink Clear
#2A1037

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#62596F
Protanopia
#68696B
Tritanopia
#2A787B
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