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Teal Dusk Bright
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Teal Dusk Bright

Teal · Hue 160
Hex
#0EA06F
RGB
rgb(14, 160, 111)
HSL
hsl(160, 84%, 34%)
CMYK
cmyk(91%, 0%, 31%, 37%)
Metrics
S 84% · L 34%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
3.3:1AA Large
on black
6.3:1AA
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About this color

Teal Dusk Bright (#0EA06F) belongs to the teal family — hue 160°, 84% saturation, 34% 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-teal-dusk-bright: #0EA06F;
  --colorarchive-teal-dusk-bright-hsl: hsl(160, 84%, 34%);
  --colorarchive-teal-dusk-bright-rgb: rgb(14, 160, 111);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

DeepProfessionalStable
Common in

Corporate Software · Consulting · Marine

Pairs well with

White for sharp contrast, light coral for warmth, silver for tech

Design tip

Use as a dark theme primary or sidebar background. Deep teal is less harsh than pure black while maintaining professionalism.

Cultural context ▶

Deep teal evokes deep ocean waters — stability, depth, and hidden knowledge. Common in corporate and maritime contexts.

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 jewel tone — saturated and dark at once. This is the register of velvet, deep enamel, and old-world luxury.

Lightness band: At this depth the hue starts behaving like a neutral — it can substitute for black in many contexts while still carrying a faint chromatic temperature. It pairs especially well with off-whites and warm metallics.

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 #0EA06F.

  • OpenAIaccent
    ChatGPT Green · #10A37F
    →
  • PlayStationaccent
    Triangle Green · #1FAA8C
    →
  • Airbnbsecondary
    Babu Teal · #00A699
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #0EA06F.

  • IrelandCeltic Cross Green
    #169B62 · Irish flag — Pantone 347
    →
  • EgyptMalachite Green
    #3D9970 · Copper carbonate, Sinai mines
    →
  • VietnamJade River
    #3F8B7E · Halong Bay limestone water
    →

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
Teal Velvet Bright
#11C589 · hsl(160, 84%, 42%)
Darker companion
Teal Shadow Bright
#0B835B · hsl(160, 84%, 28%)
Complementary counterpoint
Garnet Dusk Bright
#A00E3E · hsl(340, 84%, 34%)
Analogous lead
Aqua Dusk Bright
#0EA0A0 · hsl(180, 84%, 34%)
Analogous echo
Seafoam Dusk Bright
#0EA03E · hsl(140, 84%, 34%)
Triadic +120°
Mulberry Dusk Bright
#6F0EA0 · hsl(280, 84%, 34%)
Triadic +240°
Apricot Dusk Bright
#A06F0E · hsl(40, 84%, 34%)
Split-comp +150°
Peony Dusk Bright
#A00E87 · hsl(310, 84%, 34%)
Split-comp +210°
Ruby Dusk Bright
#A0260E · hsl(10, 84%, 34%)
Export preview
Base: Teal Dusk Bright #0EA06F
Lighter companion: Teal Velvet Bright #11C589
Darker companion: Teal Shadow Bright #0B835B
Complementary counterpoint: Garnet Dusk Bright #A00E3E
Analogous lead: Aqua Dusk Bright #0EA0A0
Analogous echo: Seafoam Dusk Bright #0EA03E
Triadic +120°: Mulberry Dusk Bright #6F0EA0
Triadic +240°: Apricot Dusk Bright #A06F0E
Split-comp +150°: Peony Dusk Bright #A00E87
Split-comp +210°: Ruby Dusk Bright #A0260E

Compare

See how Teal Dusk Bright compares side by side with related colors.

vsTeal Velvet BrightvsTeal Shadow BrightvsGarnet Dusk BrightvsAqua Dusk BrightvsSeafoam Dusk BrightvsMulberry Dusk Bright

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Teal Dusk Pure
#07A671 · hsl(160, 92%, 34%)
Nearby match
Teal Shadow Bright
#0B835B · hsl(160, 84%, 28%)
Nearby match
Teal Dusk Vivid
#17976C · hsl(160, 74%, 34%)
Nearby match
Teal Velvet Bright
#11C589 · hsl(160, 84%, 42%)
Nearby match
Teal Shadow Pure
#06895D · hsl(160, 92%, 28%)
Nearby match
Teal Shadow Vivid
#137C59 · hsl(160, 74%, 28%)

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
AA4.8:1
Garnet Ink Faint
#272023
AA4.8:1
Garnet Ink Muted
#2A1D22
AA4.9:1
Garnet Ink Dust
#2D1A21
AA4.9:1
Garnet Ink Soft
#301820
AA5:1
Garnet Ink Clear
#37101D
AA5:1
Garnet Ink Vivid
#3E091B

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#675D80
Protanopia
#6E6F7D
Tritanopia
#298789
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