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Teal Silk Bright
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Teal Silk Bright

Teal · Hue 160
Hex
#69F2C4
RGB
rgb(105, 242, 196)
HSL
hsl(160, 84%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(57%, 0%, 19%, 5%)
Metrics
S 84% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.4:1Fail
on black
15.1:1AA
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About this color

Teal Silk Bright (#69F2C4) belongs to the teal family — hue 160°, 84% 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-teal-silk-bright: #69F2C4;
  --colorarchive-teal-silk-bright-hsl: hsl(160, 84%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-teal-silk-bright-rgb: rgb(105, 242, 196);
}

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 #69F2C4.

  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →
  • TikTokaccent
    TikTok Cyan · #25F4EE
    →
  • Douyin 抖音accent
    Cyan · #25F4EE
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #69F2C4.

  • 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
Teal Bloom Bright
#8EF5D3 · hsl(160, 84%, 76%)
Darker companion
Teal Tone Bright
#43EFB6 · hsl(160, 84%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Garnet Silk Bright
#F26997 · hsl(340, 84%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Aqua Silk Bright
#69F2F2 · hsl(180, 84%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Seafoam Silk Bright
#69F297 · hsl(140, 84%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Mulberry Silk Bright
#C469F2 · hsl(280, 84%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Apricot Silk Bright
#F2C469 · hsl(40, 84%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Peony Silk Bright
#F269DB · hsl(310, 84%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Ruby Silk Bright
#F28069 · hsl(10, 84%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Teal Silk Bright #69F2C4
Lighter companion: Teal Bloom Bright #8EF5D3
Darker companion: Teal Tone Bright #43EFB6
Complementary counterpoint: Garnet Silk Bright #F26997
Analogous lead: Aqua Silk Bright #69F2F2
Analogous echo: Seafoam Silk Bright #69F297
Triadic +120°: Mulberry Silk Bright #C469F2
Triadic +240°: Apricot Silk Bright #F2C469
Split-comp +150°: Peony Silk Bright #F269DB
Split-comp +210°: Ruby Silk Bright #F28069

Compare

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

vsTeal Bloom BrightvsTeal Tone BrightvsGarnet Silk BrightvsAqua Silk BrightvsSeafoam Silk BrightvsMulberry Silk Bright

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Teal Silk Pure
#62F8C6 · hsl(160, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Teal Silk Vivid
#71EAC2 · hsl(160, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Teal Tone Bright
#43EFB6 · hsl(160, 84%, 60%)
Nearby match
Teal Bloom Bright
#8EF5D3 · hsl(160, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Teal Tone Pure
#3BF7B8 · hsl(160, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Teal Bloom Pure
#89FAD5 · hsl(160, 92%, 76%)

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
Garnet Shadow Faint
#4F4045
AAA7.2:1
Garnet Shadow Muted
#543B43
AAA7.5:1
Garnet Shadow Dust
#5A3541
AAA7.6:1
Garnet Shadow Soft
#602F3F
AAA7.8:1
Garnet Shadow Clear
#6E213B
AAA7.5:1
Garnet Shadow Vivid
#7C1336

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#AEA3D3
Protanopia
#B5B7D0
Tritanopia
#75DADB
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