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Jade Silk Pure
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Jade Silk Pure

Teal · Hue 150
Hex
#62F8AD
RGB
rgb(98, 248, 173)
HSL
hsl(150, 92%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(60%, 0%, 30%, 3%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.4:1Fail
on black
15.5:1AA
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About this color

Jade Silk Pure (#62F8AD) belongs to the teal family — hue 150°, 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-jade-silk-pure: #62F8AD;
  --colorarchive-jade-silk-pure-hsl: hsl(150, 92%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-jade-silk-pure-rgb: rgb(98, 248, 173);
}

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 #62F8AD.

  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • Supabaseprimary
    Supabase Green · #3ECF8E
    →
  • TikTokaccent
    TikTok Cyan · #25F4EE
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #62F8AD.

  • AustraliaReef Turquoise
    #3FBFB9 · Whitsunday lagoons
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →
  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →

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 Bloom Pure
#89FAC2 · hsl(150, 92%, 76%)
Darker companion
Jade Tone Pure
#3BF799 · hsl(150, 92%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Blush Silk Pure
#F862AD · hsl(330, 92%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Cyan Silk Pure
#62F8EC · hsl(175, 92%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Mint Silk Pure
#62F87B · hsl(130, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Plum Silk Pure
#AD62F8 · hsl(270, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Coral Silk Pure
#F8AD62 · hsl(30, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Fuchsia Silk Pure
#F862F8 · hsl(300, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Crimson Silk Pure
#F86262 · hsl(0, 92%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Jade Silk Pure #62F8AD
Lighter companion: Jade Bloom Pure #89FAC2
Darker companion: Jade Tone Pure #3BF799
Complementary counterpoint: Blush Silk Pure #F862AD
Analogous lead: Cyan Silk Pure #62F8EC
Analogous echo: Mint Silk Pure #62F87B
Triadic +120°: Plum Silk Pure #AD62F8
Triadic +240°: Coral Silk Pure #F8AD62
Split-comp +150°: Fuchsia Silk Pure #F862F8
Split-comp +210°: Crimson Silk Pure #F86262

Compare

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

vsJade Bloom PurevsJade Tone PurevsBlush Silk PurevsCyan Silk PurevsMint Silk PurevsPlum Silk Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

Search by hex
Nearby match
Jade Silk Bright
#69F2AD · hsl(150, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Celadon Silk Pure
#62F8A1 · hsl(145, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Jade Tone Pure
#3BF799 · hsl(150, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Jade Bloom Pure
#89FAC2 · hsl(150, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Jade Silk Vivid
#71EAAD · hsl(150, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Celadon Silk Bright
#69F2A2 · hsl(145, 84%, 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
AAA7.2:1
Blush Shadow Faint
#4F4047
AAA7.4:1
Blush Shadow Muted
#543B47
AAA7.6:1
Blush Shadow Dust
#5A3547
AAA7.8:1
Blush Shadow Soft
#602F47
AAA7.9:1
Blush Shadow Clear
#6E2147
AAA7.6:1
Blush Shadow Vivid
#7C1347

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#AFA3C7
Protanopia
#B7B9C3
Tritanopia
#70D2D5
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