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Cyan Nocturne Pure
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Cyan Nocturne Pure

Teal · Hue 175
Metrics
S 92% · L 20%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white7.2:1AAon black2.9:1Fail
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About this color

Cyan Nocturne Pure (#04625A) belongs to the teal family — hue 175°, 92% saturation, 20% 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-nocturne-pure: #04625A;
  --colorarchive-cyan-nocturne-pure-hsl: hsl(175, 92%, 20%);
  --colorarchive-cyan-nocturne-pure-rgb: rgb(4, 98, 90);
}

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, 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

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 #04625A.

  • Starbucksprimary
    Starbucks Green · #006241
    →
  • Patagoniaprimary
    Patagonia Sky Blue · #0061AC
    →
  • PlayStationprimary
    PlayStation Blue · #003791
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #04625A.

  • BrazilAmazon Green
    #1B6D3F · Tropical rainforest canopy
    →
  • IndiaMughal Blue
    #1B4F72 · Indo-Persian miniature paintings
    →
  • England (London)Pub Tile Green
    #1F4D2E · Victorian pub interior dado tiling
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using teal and color in design.

Brand & MarketingColor Palette for Print Design: What Changes When You Leave the ScreenAccessibilityColor-Blind Friendly Palette: Designing for Color Vision DeficiencyColor TheoryColor Contrast and Accessibility: WCAG, APCA, and Building an Accessible Palette

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 Shadow Pure
#06897E · hsl(175, 92%, 28%)
Darker companion
Cyan Ink Pure
#03453F · hsl(175, 92%, 14%)
Complementary counterpoint
Crimson Nocturne Pure
#620404 · hsl(0, 92%, 20%)
Analogous lead
Azure Nocturne Pure
#044362 · hsl(200, 92%, 20%)
Analogous echo
Jade Nocturne Pure
#046233 · hsl(150, 92%, 20%)
Triadic +120°
Magenta Nocturne Pure
#520462 · hsl(290, 92%, 20%)
Triadic +240°
Canary Nocturne Pure
#625A04 · hsl(55, 92%, 20%)
Split-comp +150°
Rose Nocturne Pure
#620443 · hsl(320, 92%, 20%)
Split-comp +210°
Tangerine Nocturne Pure
#622B04 · hsl(25, 92%, 20%)
Export preview
Base: Cyan Nocturne Pure #04625A
Lighter companion: Cyan Shadow Pure #06897E
Darker companion: Cyan Ink Pure #03453F
Complementary counterpoint: Crimson Nocturne Pure #620404
Analogous lead: Azure Nocturne Pure #044362
Analogous echo: Jade Nocturne Pure #046233
Triadic +120°: Magenta Nocturne Pure #520462
Triadic +240°: Canary Nocturne Pure #625A04
Split-comp +150°: Rose Nocturne Pure #620443
Split-comp +210°: Tangerine Nocturne Pure #622B04

Compare

See how Cyan Nocturne Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsCyan Shadow PurevsCyan Ink PurevsCrimson Nocturne PurevsAzure Nocturne PurevsJade Nocturne PurevsMagenta Nocturne Pure

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Cyan Nocturne Bright
#085E57 · hsl(175, 84%, 20%)
Nearby match
Cyan Ink Pure
#03453F · hsl(175, 92%, 14%)
Nearby match
Lagoon Nocturne Pure
#046252 · hsl(170, 92%, 20%)
Nearby match
Aqua Nocturne Pure
#046262 · hsl(180, 92%, 20%)
Nearby match
Cyan Shadow Pure
#06897E · hsl(175, 92%, 28%)
Nearby match
Cyan Ink Bright
#06423D · hsl(175, 84%, 14%)

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
Tangerine Veil Soft
#FCFAF8
AAA7:1
Coral Veil Soft
#FCFAF8
AAA7:1
Coral Veil Clear
#FDFAF7
AAA7:1
Coral Veil Vivid
#FEFAF6
AAA7:1
Coral Veil Bright
#FEFAF6
AAA7:1
Coral Veil Pure
#FFFAF5

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#3D365C
Protanopia
#41425C
Tritanopia
#155E5E
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Cyan Nocturne Faint#2E3837 · hsl(175, 10%, 20%)Cyan Nocturne Muted#2A3C3B · hsl(175, 18%, 20%)Cyan Nocturne Dust#26403E · hsl(175, 26%, 20%)Cyan Nocturne Soft#224441 · hsl(175, 34%, 20%)Cyan Nocturne Clear#174F4A · hsl(175, 54%, 20%)Cyan Nocturne Vivid#0D5952 · hsl(175, 74%, 20%)Cyan Nocturne Bright#085E57 · hsl(175, 84%, 20%)Cyan Nocturne Pure#04625A · hsl(175, 92%, 20%)
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