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Lagoon Silk Vivid
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Lagoon Silk Vivid

Teal · Hue 170
Hex
#71EAD6
RGB
rgb(113, 234, 214)
HSL
hsl(170, 74%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(52%, 0%, 9%, 8%)
Metrics
S 74% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.5:1Fail
on black
14.4:1AA
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About this color

Lagoon Silk Vivid (#71EAD6) belongs to the teal family — hue 170°, 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-lagoon-silk-vivid: #71EAD6;
  --colorarchive-lagoon-silk-vivid-hsl: hsl(170, 74%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-lagoon-silk-vivid-rgb: rgb(113, 234, 214);
}

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 #71EAD6.

  • 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 #71EAD6.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →
  • 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
Lagoon Bloom Vivid
#95EFE0 · hsl(170, 74%, 76%)
Darker companion
Lagoon Tone Vivid
#4EE4CB · hsl(170, 74%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Merlot Silk Vivid
#EA7185 · hsl(350, 74%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Cerulean Silk Vivid
#71D6EA · hsl(190, 74%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Celadon Silk Vivid
#71EAA3 · hsl(145, 74%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Magenta Silk Vivid
#D671EA · hsl(290, 74%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Amber Silk Vivid
#EAD671 · hsl(50, 74%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Rose Silk Vivid
#EA71C2 · hsl(320, 74%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Ember Silk Vivid
#EA9971 · hsl(20, 74%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Lagoon Silk Vivid #71EAD6
Lighter companion: Lagoon Bloom Vivid #95EFE0
Darker companion: Lagoon Tone Vivid #4EE4CB
Complementary counterpoint: Merlot Silk Vivid #EA7185
Analogous lead: Cerulean Silk Vivid #71D6EA
Analogous echo: Celadon Silk Vivid #71EAA3
Triadic +120°: Magenta Silk Vivid #D671EA
Triadic +240°: Amber Silk Vivid #EAD671
Split-comp +150°: Rose Silk Vivid #EA71C2
Split-comp +210°: Ember Silk Vivid #EA9971

Compare

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

vsLagoon Bloom VividvsLagoon Tone VividvsMerlot Silk VividvsCerulean Silk VividvsCeladon Silk VividvsMagenta Silk Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Lagoon Silk Bright
#69F2DB · hsl(170, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Cyan Silk Vivid
#71EAE0 · hsl(175, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Tone Vivid
#4EE4CB · hsl(170, 74%, 60%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Bloom Vivid
#95EFE0 · hsl(170, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Silk Pure
#62F8DF · hsl(170, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Silk Clear
#81D9CB · hsl(170, 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
Merlot Shadow Muted
#543B3F
AAA7.2:1
Merlot Shadow Dust
#5A353B
AAA7.4:1
Merlot Shadow Soft
#602F37
AAA7.5:1
Merlot Shadow Clear
#6E212E
AAA7.3:1
Merlot Shadow Vivid
#7C1324
AAA7.1:1
Merlot Shadow Bright
#830B1F

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#ACA2DC
Protanopia
#B3B4DB
Tritanopia
#7BDFE0
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