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Teal Radiant Vivid
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Teal Radiant Vivid

Teal · Hue 160
Hex
#33E1A7
RGB
rgb(51, 225, 167)
HSL
hsl(160, 74%, 54%)
CMYK
cmyk(77%, 0%, 26%, 12%)
Metrics
S 74% · L 54%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.7:1Fail
on black
12.5:1AA
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About this color

Teal Radiant Vivid (#33E1A7) belongs to the teal family — hue 160°, 74% saturation, 54% 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-radiant-vivid: #33E1A7;
  --colorarchive-teal-radiant-vivid-hsl: hsl(160, 74%, 54%);
  --colorarchive-teal-radiant-vivid-rgb: rgb(51, 225, 167);
}

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 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 #33E1A7.

  • Supabaseprimary
    Supabase Green · #3ECF8E
    →
  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • Figmaprimary
    Figma Green · #0ACF83
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #33E1A7.

  • AustraliaReef Turquoise
    #3FBFB9 · Whitsunday lagoons
    →
  • Turkey (Istanbul)Bosphorus Turquoise
    #4DA8AC · Marmara strait water
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →

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 Tone Vivid
#4EE4B2 · hsl(160, 74%, 60%)
Darker companion
Teal Core Vivid
#20D599 · hsl(160, 74%, 48%)
Complementary counterpoint
Garnet Radiant Vivid
#E1336D · hsl(340, 74%, 54%)
Analogous lead
Aqua Radiant Vivid
#33E1E1 · hsl(180, 74%, 54%)
Analogous echo
Seafoam Radiant Vivid
#33E16D · hsl(140, 74%, 54%)
Triadic +120°
Mulberry Radiant Vivid
#A733E1 · hsl(280, 74%, 54%)
Triadic +240°
Apricot Radiant Vivid
#E1A733 · hsl(40, 74%, 54%)
Split-comp +150°
Peony Radiant Vivid
#E133C4 · hsl(310, 74%, 54%)
Split-comp +210°
Ruby Radiant Vivid
#E15033 · hsl(10, 74%, 54%)
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Base: Teal Radiant Vivid #33E1A7
Lighter companion: Teal Tone Vivid #4EE4B2
Darker companion: Teal Core Vivid #20D599
Complementary counterpoint: Garnet Radiant Vivid #E1336D
Analogous lead: Aqua Radiant Vivid #33E1E1
Analogous echo: Seafoam Radiant Vivid #33E16D
Triadic +120°: Mulberry Radiant Vivid #A733E1
Triadic +240°: Apricot Radiant Vivid #E1A733
Split-comp +150°: Peony Radiant Vivid #E133C4
Split-comp +210°: Ruby Radiant Vivid #E15033

Compare

See how Teal Radiant Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsTeal Tone VividvsTeal Core VividvsGarnet Radiant VividvsAqua Radiant VividvsSeafoam Radiant VividvsMulberry Radiant Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Teal Core Vivid
#20D599 · hsl(160, 74%, 48%)
Nearby match
Teal Tone Vivid
#4EE4B2 · hsl(160, 74%, 60%)
Nearby match
Teal Radiant Bright
#27ECAB · hsl(160, 84%, 54%)
Nearby match
Teal Radiant Pure
#1EF6AE · hsl(160, 92%, 54%)
Nearby match
Teal Velvet Vivid
#1CBA86 · hsl(160, 74%, 42%)
Nearby match
Teal Core Bright
#14E19D · hsl(160, 84%, 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
AAA7.8:1
Garnet Nocturne Faint
#382E31
AAA8:1
Garnet Nocturne Muted
#3C2A30
AAA8.1:1
Garnet Nocturne Dust
#40262F
AAA8.2:1
Garnet Nocturne Soft
#44222D
AAA8.4:1
Garnet Nocturne Clear
#4F172A
AAA8.3:1
Garnet Nocturne Vivid
#590D26

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#9689BB
Protanopia
#9FA0B7
Tritanopia
#4AC3C5
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