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Jade Ink Vivid
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Jade Ink Vivid

Teal · Hue 150
Hex
#093E24
RGB
rgb(9, 62, 36)
HSL
hsl(150, 74%, 14%)
CMYK
cmyk(85%, 0%, 42%, 76%)
Metrics
S 74% · L 14%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
12.2:1AA
on black
1.7:1Fail
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About this color

Jade Ink Vivid (#093E24) belongs to the teal family — hue 150°, 74% saturation, 14% 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-ink-vivid: #093E24;
  --colorarchive-jade-ink-vivid-hsl: hsl(150, 74%, 14%);
  --colorarchive-jade-ink-vivid-rgb: rgb(9, 62, 36);
}

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 #093E24.

  • Stripeneutral
    Slate Navy · #0A2540
    →
  • Supabaseneutral
    Surface · #2A2A2A
    →
  • Patagonianeutral
    Forest Black · #0F1F2E
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #093E24.

  • England (London)Pub Tile Green
    #1F4D2E · Victorian pub interior dado tiling
    →
  • AustraliaSouthern Sky Navy
    #0C1E3F · Outback night sky
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Obangsaek Black (흑 / heuk)
    #1F1F1F · North — water element, ink and lacquer
    →

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 Nocturne Vivid
#0D5933 · hsl(150, 74%, 20%)
Complementary counterpoint
Blush Ink Vivid
#3E0924 · hsl(330, 74%, 14%)
Analogous lead
Cyan Ink Vivid
#093E3A · hsl(175, 74%, 14%)
Analogous echo
Mint Ink Vivid
#093E12 · hsl(130, 74%, 14%)
Triadic +120°
Plum Ink Vivid
#24093E · hsl(270, 74%, 14%)
Triadic +240°
Coral Ink Vivid
#3E2409 · hsl(30, 74%, 14%)
Split-comp +150°
Fuchsia Ink Vivid
#3E093E · hsl(300, 74%, 14%)
Split-comp +210°
Crimson Ink Vivid
#3E0909 · hsl(0, 74%, 14%)
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Base: Jade Ink Vivid #093E24
Lighter companion: Jade Nocturne Vivid #0D5933
Complementary counterpoint: Blush Ink Vivid #3E0924
Analogous lead: Cyan Ink Vivid #093E3A
Analogous echo: Mint Ink Vivid #093E12
Triadic +120°: Plum Ink Vivid #24093E
Triadic +240°: Coral Ink Vivid #3E2409
Split-comp +150°: Fuchsia Ink Vivid #3E093E
Split-comp +210°: Crimson Ink Vivid #3E0909

Compare

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

vsJade Nocturne VividvsBlush Ink VividvsCyan Ink VividvsMint Ink VividvsPlum Ink VividvsCoral Ink Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Jade Nocturne Vivid
#0D5933 · hsl(150, 74%, 20%)
Nearby match
Jade Ink Bright
#064224 · hsl(150, 84%, 14%)
Nearby match
Celadon Ink Vivid
#093E1F · hsl(145, 74%, 14%)
Nearby match
Jade Ink Pure
#034524 · hsl(150, 92%, 14%)
Nearby match
Jade Nocturne Bright
#085E33 · hsl(150, 84%, 20%)
Nearby match
Jade Ink Clear
#103724 · hsl(150, 54%, 14%)

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
AAA11.6:1
Blush Veil Faint
#FAF9FA
AAA11.6:1
Blush Veil Muted
#FBF9FA
AAA11.6:1
Blush Veil Dust
#FBF9FA
AAA11.6:1
Blush Veil Soft
#FCF8FA
AAA11.5:1
Blush Veil Clear
#FDF7FA
AAA11.5:1
Blush Veil Vivid
#FEF6FA

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#26222E
Protanopia
#292A2C
Tritanopia
#103132
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