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Teal Mist Vivid
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Teal Mist Vivid

Teal · Hue 160
Metrics
S 74% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.1:1Failon black18.4:1AA
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About this color

Teal Mist Vivid (#D3F8EC) belongs to the teal family — hue 160°, 74% saturation, 90% 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-mist-vivid: #D3F8EC;
  --colorarchive-teal-mist-vivid-hsl: hsl(160, 74%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-teal-mist-vivid-rgb: rgb(211, 248, 236);
}

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, 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 #D3F8EC.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Anthropicbackground
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →
  • Lululemonneutral
    Off White · #F5F5F5
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #D3F8EC.

  • AustraliaBeach Cream
    #F2EFE1 · Western Australian quartz sand
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Obangsaek White (백 / baek)
    #F5F5F2 · West — metal element, hemp linen
    →
  • ScandinaviaSnow White
    #F4F0EA · Limewashed plaster, Nordic interiors
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using teal and color in design.

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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 Whisper Vivid
#E4FBF3 · hsl(160, 74%, 94%)
Darker companion
Teal Pearl Vivid
#B8F4E0 · hsl(160, 74%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Garnet Mist Vivid
#F8D3DF · hsl(340, 74%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Aqua Mist Vivid
#D3F8F8 · hsl(180, 74%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Seafoam Mist Vivid
#D3F8DF · hsl(140, 74%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Mulberry Mist Vivid
#ECD3F8 · hsl(280, 74%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Apricot Mist Vivid
#F8ECD3 · hsl(40, 74%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Peony Mist Vivid
#F8D3F2 · hsl(310, 74%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Ruby Mist Vivid
#F8D9D3 · hsl(10, 74%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Teal Mist Vivid #D3F8EC
Lighter companion: Teal Whisper Vivid #E4FBF3
Darker companion: Teal Pearl Vivid #B8F4E0
Complementary counterpoint: Garnet Mist Vivid #F8D3DF
Analogous lead: Aqua Mist Vivid #D3F8F8
Analogous echo: Seafoam Mist Vivid #D3F8DF
Triadic +120°: Mulberry Mist Vivid #ECD3F8
Triadic +240°: Apricot Mist Vivid #F8ECD3
Split-comp +150°: Peony Mist Vivid #F8D3F2
Split-comp +210°: Ruby Mist Vivid #F8D9D3

Compare

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

vsTeal Whisper VividvsTeal Pearl VividvsGarnet Mist VividvsAqua Mist VividvsSeafoam Mist VividvsMulberry Mist Vivid

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Teal Whisper Vivid
#E4FBF3 · hsl(160, 74%, 94%)
Nearby match
Teal Pearl Vivid
#B8F4E0 · hsl(160, 74%, 84%)
Nearby match
Teal Mist Bright
#D0FBED · hsl(160, 84%, 90%)
Nearby match
Teal Veil Vivid
#F6FEFB · hsl(160, 74%, 98%)
Nearby match
Teal Whisper Bright
#E3FDF4 · hsl(160, 84%, 94%)
Nearby match
Teal Mist Pure
#CEFDED · hsl(160, 92%, 90%)

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
AAA7.1:1
Garnet Dusk Muted
#664751
AAA7.4:1
Garnet Dusk Dust
#6D404F
AAA7.6:1
Garnet Dusk Soft
#74394D
AAA7.6:1
Garnet Dusk Clear
#862847
AAA7.3:1
Garnet Dusk Vivid
#971741
AAA7:1
Garnet Dusk Bright
#A00E3E

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#E2DFF0
Protanopia
#E4E4EF
Tritanopia
#D5F1F2
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Teal Mist Faint#E3E8E6 · hsl(160, 10%, 90%)Teal Mist Muted#E1EAE7 · hsl(160, 18%, 90%)Teal Mist Dust#DFECE8 · hsl(160, 26%, 90%)Teal Mist Soft#DDEEE8 · hsl(160, 34%, 90%)Teal Mist Clear#D8F3EA · hsl(160, 54%, 90%)Teal Mist Vivid#D3F8EC · hsl(160, 74%, 90%)Teal Mist Bright#D0FBED · hsl(160, 84%, 90%)Teal Mist Pure#CEFDED · hsl(160, 92%, 90%)
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