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Jade Radiant Muted
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Jade Radiant Muted

Teal · Hue 150
Hex
#759F8A
RGB
rgb(117, 159, 138)
HSL
hsl(150, 18%, 54%)
CMYK
cmyk(26%, 0%, 13%, 38%)
Metrics
S 18% · L 54%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
3:1Fail
on black
7.1:1AA
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About this color

Jade Radiant Muted (#759F8A) belongs to the teal family — hue 150°, 18% 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-jade-radiant-muted: #759F8A;
  --colorarchive-jade-radiant-muted-hsl: hsl(150, 18%, 54%);
  --colorarchive-jade-radiant-muted-rgb: rgb(117, 159, 138);
}

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 grounded mid-tone — sober, considered, well-suited to body text accents, editorial layouts, or any context where restraint reads as quality.

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: 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 #759F8A.

  • Notionneutral
    Notion Gray · #787774
    →
  • Microsoftneutral
    Slate Gray · #737373
    →
  • Redditsecondary
    Periwinkle · #7193FF
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #759F8A.

  • AustraliaEucalyptus Blue-Green
    #7EA08C · Eucalyptus regnans / globulus foliage
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Celadon-Goryeo Green
    #7CA38E · Goryeo Dynasty ceramics, 12th-13th c.
    →
  • MoroccoMint Tea Green
    #62A87C · Atlas mountain spearmint
    →

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 Tone Muted
#87AB99 · hsl(150, 18%, 60%)
Darker companion
Jade Core Muted
#64907A · hsl(150, 18%, 48%)
Complementary counterpoint
Blush Radiant Muted
#9F758A · hsl(330, 18%, 54%)
Analogous lead
Cyan Radiant Muted
#759F9B · hsl(175, 18%, 54%)
Analogous echo
Mint Radiant Muted
#759F7C · hsl(130, 18%, 54%)
Triadic +120°
Plum Radiant Muted
#8A759F · hsl(270, 18%, 54%)
Triadic +240°
Coral Radiant Muted
#9F8A75 · hsl(30, 18%, 54%)
Split-comp +150°
Fuchsia Radiant Muted
#9F759F · hsl(300, 18%, 54%)
Split-comp +210°
Crimson Radiant Muted
#9F7575 · hsl(0, 18%, 54%)
Export preview
Base: Jade Radiant Muted #759F8A
Lighter companion: Jade Tone Muted #87AB99
Darker companion: Jade Core Muted #64907A
Complementary counterpoint: Blush Radiant Muted #9F758A
Analogous lead: Cyan Radiant Muted #759F9B
Analogous echo: Mint Radiant Muted #759F7C
Triadic +120°: Plum Radiant Muted #8A759F
Triadic +240°: Coral Radiant Muted #9F8A75
Split-comp +150°: Fuchsia Radiant Muted #9F759F
Split-comp +210°: Crimson Radiant Muted #9F7575

Compare

See how Jade Radiant Muted compares side by side with related colors.

vsJade Tone MutedvsJade Core MutedvsBlush Radiant MutedvsCyan Radiant MutedvsMint Radiant MutedvsPlum Radiant Muted

Nearest neighbors

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

Search by hex
Nearby match
Jade Radiant Faint
#7E958A · hsl(150, 10%, 54%)
Nearby match
Jade Radiant Dust
#6BA88A · hsl(150, 26%, 54%)
Nearby match
Jade Core Muted
#64907A · hsl(150, 18%, 48%)
Nearby match
Jade Tone Muted
#87AB99 · hsl(150, 18%, 60%)
Nearby match
Celadon Radiant Muted
#759F86 · hsl(145, 18%, 54%)
Nearby match
Sage Gray Radiant
#84908A · hsl(150, 5%, 54%)

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
Blush Nocturne Muted
#3C2A33
AA4.6:1
Blush Nocturne Dust
#402633
AA4.7:1
Blush Nocturne Soft
#442233
AA4.7:1
Blush Nocturne Clear
#4F1733
AA4.6:1
Blush Nocturne Vivid
#590D33
AA4.5:1
Blush Nocturne Bright
#5E0833

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#878391
Protanopia
#898A8F
Tritanopia
#789494
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