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Jade Silk Vivid
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Jade Silk Vivid

Teal · Hue 150
Hex
#71EAAD
RGB
rgb(113, 234, 173)
HSL
hsl(150, 74%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(52%, 0%, 26%, 8%)
Metrics
S 74% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.5:1Fail
on black
14.1:1AA
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About this color

Jade Silk Vivid (#71EAAD) belongs to the teal family — hue 150°, 74% 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-vivid: #71EAAD;
  --colorarchive-jade-silk-vivid-hsl: hsl(150, 74%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-jade-silk-vivid-rgb: rgb(113, 234, 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 #71EAAD.

  • 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 #71EAAD.

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

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 Vivid
#95EFC2 · hsl(150, 74%, 76%)
Darker companion
Jade Tone Vivid
#4EE499 · hsl(150, 74%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Blush Silk Vivid
#EA71AD · hsl(330, 74%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Cyan Silk Vivid
#71EAE0 · hsl(175, 74%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Mint Silk Vivid
#71EA85 · hsl(130, 74%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Plum Silk Vivid
#AD71EA · hsl(270, 74%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Coral Silk Vivid
#EAAD71 · hsl(30, 74%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Fuchsia Silk Vivid
#EA71EA · hsl(300, 74%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Crimson Silk Vivid
#EA7171 · hsl(0, 74%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Jade Silk Vivid #71EAAD
Lighter companion: Jade Bloom Vivid #95EFC2
Darker companion: Jade Tone Vivid #4EE499
Complementary counterpoint: Blush Silk Vivid #EA71AD
Analogous lead: Cyan Silk Vivid #71EAE0
Analogous echo: Mint Silk Vivid #71EA85
Triadic +120°: Plum Silk Vivid #AD71EA
Triadic +240°: Coral Silk Vivid #EAAD71
Split-comp +150°: Fuchsia Silk Vivid #EA71EA
Split-comp +210°: Crimson Silk Vivid #EA7171

Compare

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

vsJade Bloom VividvsJade Tone VividvsBlush Silk VividvsCyan Silk VividvsMint Silk VividvsPlum Silk Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Jade Silk Bright
#69F2AD · hsl(150, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Celadon Silk Vivid
#71EAA3 · hsl(145, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Jade Tone Vivid
#4EE499 · hsl(150, 74%, 60%)
Nearby match
Jade Bloom Vivid
#95EFC2 · hsl(150, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Jade Silk Pure
#62F8AD · hsl(150, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Jade Silk Clear
#81D9AD · hsl(150, 54%, 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
AAA7.1:1
Blush Shadow Soft
#602F47
AAA7.1:1
Blush Shadow Clear
#6E2147
AAA8.8:1
Blush Nocturne Faint
#382E33
AAA9:1
Blush Nocturne Muted
#3C2A33
AAA9.1:1
Blush Nocturne Dust
#402633
AAA9.2:1
Blush Nocturne Soft
#442233

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#ACA2C2
Protanopia
#B3B4BE
Tritanopia
#7BCACD
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