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Jade Nocturne Faint
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Jade Nocturne Faint

Teal · Hue 150
Hex
#2E3833
RGB
rgb(46, 56, 51)
HSL
hsl(150, 10%, 20%)
CMYK
cmyk(18%, 0%, 9%, 78%)
Metrics
S 10% · L 20%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
12.1:1AA
on black
1.7:1Fail
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About this color

Jade Nocturne Faint (#2E3833) belongs to the teal family — hue 150°, 10% saturation, 20% 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-nocturne-faint: #2E3833;
  --colorarchive-jade-nocturne-faint-hsl: hsl(150, 10%, 20%);
  --colorarchive-jade-nocturne-faint-rgb: rgb(46, 56, 51);
}

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 dim, atmospheric reading — closer to a colored shadow than a stated hue. Excellent as a near-black on dark UI or as a moody background.

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: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #2E3833.

  • Xiaohongshu 小红书neutral
    Slate Text · #333333
    →
  • JD.com 京东neutral
    Slate · #333333
    →
  • Taobao 淘宝neutral
    Slate · #333333
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #2E3833.

  • England (London)Pub Tile Green
    #1F4D2E · Victorian pub interior dado tiling
    →
  • JapanIndigo (ai-iro 藍色)
    #22366E · Persicaria tinctoria fermentation dye
    →
  • 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 Shadow Faint
#404F47 · hsl(150, 10%, 28%)
Darker companion
Jade Ink Faint
#202724 · hsl(150, 10%, 14%)
Complementary counterpoint
Blush Nocturne Faint
#382E33 · hsl(330, 10%, 20%)
Analogous lead
Cyan Nocturne Faint
#2E3837 · hsl(175, 10%, 20%)
Analogous echo
Mint Nocturne Faint
#2E3830 · hsl(130, 10%, 20%)
Triadic +120°
Plum Nocturne Faint
#332E38 · hsl(270, 10%, 20%)
Triadic +240°
Coral Nocturne Faint
#38332E · hsl(30, 10%, 20%)
Split-comp +150°
Fuchsia Nocturne Faint
#382E38 · hsl(300, 10%, 20%)
Split-comp +210°
Crimson Nocturne Faint
#382E2E · hsl(0, 10%, 20%)
Export preview
Base: Jade Nocturne Faint #2E3833
Lighter companion: Jade Shadow Faint #404F47
Darker companion: Jade Ink Faint #202724
Complementary counterpoint: Blush Nocturne Faint #382E33
Analogous lead: Cyan Nocturne Faint #2E3837
Analogous echo: Mint Nocturne Faint #2E3830
Triadic +120°: Plum Nocturne Faint #332E38
Triadic +240°: Coral Nocturne Faint #38332E
Split-comp +150°: Fuchsia Nocturne Faint #382E38
Split-comp +210°: Crimson Nocturne Faint #382E2E

Compare

See how Jade Nocturne Faint compares side by side with related colors.

vsJade Shadow FaintvsJade Ink FaintvsBlush Nocturne FaintvsCyan Nocturne FaintvsMint Nocturne FaintvsPlum Nocturne Faint

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Sage Gray Nocturne
#303633 · hsl(150, 5%, 20%)
Nearby match
Jade Nocturne Muted
#2A3C33 · hsl(150, 18%, 20%)
Nearby match
Jade Ink Faint
#202724 · hsl(150, 10%, 14%)
Nearby match
Celadon Nocturne Faint
#2E3832 · hsl(145, 10%, 20%)
Nearby match
Jade Shadow Faint
#404F47 · hsl(150, 10%, 28%)
Nearby match
Sage Gray Ink
#222524 · hsl(150, 5%, 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
AAA11.5:1
Blush Veil Soft
#FCF8FA
AAA11.5:1
Blush Veil Clear
#FDF7FA
AAA11.4:1
Blush Veil Vivid
#FEF6FA

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#323135
Protanopia
#333334
Tritanopia
#2F3535
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