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Cyan Bloom Vivid

Teal · Hue 175
Metrics
S 74% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.3:1Failon black15.8:1AA
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About this color

Cyan Bloom Vivid (#95EFE8) belongs to the teal family — hue 175°, 74% saturation, 76% 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-cyan-bloom-vivid: #95EFE8;
  --colorarchive-cyan-bloom-vivid-hsl: hsl(175, 74%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-cyan-bloom-vivid-rgb: rgb(149, 239, 232);
}

AI Color Names

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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, which has a stripe of this color on its head. Egyptian blue and Egyptian green, both copper-based pigments, flank this region. The patina of weathered copper (the Statue of Liberty's color) sits here too; on the statue it is mostly basic copper sulfate. Phthalo turquoise is a 20th-century pigment.

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

Surgical scrubs are often green or teal, a choice usually explained by afterimages — staring at red tissue leaves green ghosts on white surfaces, which blend into blue-green cloth. Tiffany Blue, a robin's-egg blue-green, was trademarked in 1998 and later standardized with Pantone as '1837 Blue', after the company's founding year.

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. 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

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

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 #95EFE8.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Anthropicneutral
    Light Gray · #E8E6DC
    →
  • Discordaccent
    Online Green · #57F287
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #95EFE8.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using teal and color in design.

Brand & MarketingLogo Color Palette: Choosing Colors That Work at Every ScaleColor TheoryColor Temperature in Design: Warm vs. Cool and How to Use the DifferenceColor TheoryHow to Choose Color Combinations That Work

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
Cyan Pearl Vivid
#B8F4EF · hsl(175, 74%, 84%)
Darker companion
Cyan Silk Vivid
#71EAE0 · hsl(175, 74%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Crimson Bloom Vivid
#EF9595 · hsl(0, 74%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Azure Bloom Vivid
#95D1EF · hsl(200, 74%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Jade Bloom Vivid
#95EFC2 · hsl(150, 74%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Magenta Bloom Vivid
#E095EF · hsl(290, 74%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Canary Bloom Vivid
#EFE895 · hsl(55, 74%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Rose Bloom Vivid
#EF95D1 · hsl(320, 74%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Tangerine Bloom Vivid
#EFBA95 · hsl(25, 74%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Cyan Bloom Vivid #95EFE8
Lighter companion: Cyan Pearl Vivid #B8F4EF
Darker companion: Cyan Silk Vivid #71EAE0
Complementary counterpoint: Crimson Bloom Vivid #EF9595
Analogous lead: Azure Bloom Vivid #95D1EF
Analogous echo: Jade Bloom Vivid #95EFC2
Triadic +120°: Magenta Bloom Vivid #E095EF
Triadic +240°: Canary Bloom Vivid #EFE895
Split-comp +150°: Rose Bloom Vivid #EF95D1
Split-comp +210°: Tangerine Bloom Vivid #EFBA95

Compare

See how Cyan Bloom Vivid compares side by side with related colors.

vsCyan Pearl VividvsCyan Silk VividvsCrimson Bloom VividvsAzure Bloom VividvsJade Bloom VividvsMagenta Bloom Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Cyan Bloom Bright
#8EF5ED · hsl(175, 84%, 76%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Bloom Vivid
#95EFE0 · hsl(170, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Aqua Bloom Vivid
#95EFEF · hsl(180, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Cyan Silk Vivid
#71EAE0 · hsl(175, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Cyan Pearl Vivid
#B8F4EF · hsl(175, 74%, 84%)
Nearby match
Cyan Bloom Pure
#89FAF1 · hsl(175, 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
AAA7.4:1
Crimson Shadow Faint
#4F4040
AAA7.6:1
Crimson Shadow Muted
#543B3B
AAA7.9:1
Crimson Shadow Dust
#5A3535
AAA8.1:1
Crimson Shadow Soft
#602F2F
AAA8.3:1
Crimson Shadow Clear
#6E2121
AAA8.1:1
Crimson Shadow Vivid
#7C1313

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#BDB6EA
Protanopia
#C3C4EA
Tritanopia
#9BEBEB
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Cyan Bloom Faint#BCC8C7 · hsl(175, 10%, 76%)Cyan Bloom Muted#B7CDCB · hsl(175, 18%, 76%)Cyan Bloom Dust#B2D2CF · hsl(175, 26%, 76%)Cyan Bloom Soft#ADD7D3 · hsl(175, 34%, 76%)Cyan Bloom Clear#A1E3DD · hsl(175, 54%, 76%)Cyan Bloom Vivid#95EFE8 · hsl(175, 74%, 76%)Cyan Bloom Bright#8EF5ED · hsl(175, 84%, 76%)Cyan Bloom Pure#89FAF1 · hsl(175, 92%, 76%)
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