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Lagoon Velvet Faint
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Lagoon Velvet Faint

Teal · Hue 170
Hex
#607672
RGB
rgb(96, 118, 114)
HSL
hsl(170, 10%, 42%)
CMYK
cmyk(19%, 0%, 3%, 54%)
Metrics
S 10% · L 42%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
4.8:1AA
on black
4.3:1AA Large
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About this color

Lagoon Velvet Faint (#607672) belongs to the teal family — hue 170°, 10% saturation, 42% 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-velvet-faint: #607672;
  --colorarchive-lagoon-velvet-faint-hsl: hsl(170, 10%, 42%);
  --colorarchive-lagoon-velvet-faint-rgb: rgb(96, 118, 114);
}

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 #607672.

  • Microsoftneutral
    Slate Gray · #737373
    →
  • Notionneutral
    Notion Gray · #787774
    →
  • Linearprimary
    Linear Indigo · #5E6AD2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #607672.

  • England (London)Plane Tree Green
    #5C7A5A · Platanus × hispanica, London street tree
    →
  • IrelandAtlantic Slate
    #5A6770 · Cliff face + winter sea
    →
  • France (Paris)Zinc Roof Grey
    #5E6566 · Oxidized zinc roof tiles, central Paris
    →

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 Core Faint
#6E8783 · hsl(170, 10%, 48%)
Darker companion
Lagoon Dusk Faint
#4E5F5C · hsl(170, 10%, 34%)
Complementary counterpoint
Merlot Velvet Faint
#766064 · hsl(350, 10%, 42%)
Analogous lead
Cerulean Velvet Faint
#607276 · hsl(190, 10%, 42%)
Analogous echo
Celadon Velvet Faint
#607669 · hsl(145, 10%, 42%)
Triadic +120°
Magenta Velvet Faint
#726076 · hsl(290, 10%, 42%)
Triadic +240°
Amber Velvet Faint
#767260 · hsl(50, 10%, 42%)
Split-comp +150°
Rose Velvet Faint
#76606F · hsl(320, 10%, 42%)
Split-comp +210°
Ember Velvet Faint
#766860 · hsl(20, 10%, 42%)
Export preview
Base: Lagoon Velvet Faint #607672
Lighter companion: Lagoon Core Faint #6E8783
Darker companion: Lagoon Dusk Faint #4E5F5C
Complementary counterpoint: Merlot Velvet Faint #766064
Analogous lead: Cerulean Velvet Faint #607276
Analogous echo: Celadon Velvet Faint #607669
Triadic +120°: Magenta Velvet Faint #726076
Triadic +240°: Amber Velvet Faint #767260
Split-comp +150°: Rose Velvet Faint #76606F
Split-comp +210°: Ember Velvet Faint #766860

Compare

See how Lagoon Velvet Faint compares side by side with related colors.

vsLagoon Core FaintvsLagoon Dusk FaintvsMerlot Velvet FaintvsCerulean Velvet FaintvsCeladon Velvet FaintvsMagenta Velvet Faint

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Lagoon Velvet Muted
#587E78 · hsl(170, 18%, 42%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Core Faint
#6E8783 · hsl(170, 10%, 48%)
Nearby match
Cyan Velvet Faint
#607674 · hsl(175, 10%, 42%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Dusk Faint
#4E5F5C · hsl(170, 10%, 34%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Velvet Dust
#4F877E · hsl(170, 26%, 42%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Core Muted
#649089 · hsl(170, 18%, 48%)

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
AA4.6:1
Merlot Veil Faint
#FAF9FA
AA4.6:1
Merlot Veil Muted
#FBF9F9
AA4.6:1
Merlot Veil Dust
#FBF9F9
AA4.6:1
Merlot Veil Soft
#FCF8F9
AA4.6:1
Merlot Veil Clear
#FDF7F8
AA4.6:1
Merlot Veil Vivid
#FEF6F7

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#696773
Protanopia
#6A6A73
Tritanopia
#617474
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