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Teal Radiant Muted
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Teal Radiant Muted

Teal · Hue 160
Metrics
S 18% · L 54%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white2.9:1Failon black7.1:1AA
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About this color

Teal Radiant Muted (#759F91) belongs to the teal family — hue 160°, 18% 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-muted: #759F91;
  --colorarchive-teal-radiant-muted-hsl: hsl(160, 18%, 54%);
  --colorarchive-teal-radiant-muted-rgb: rgb(117, 159, 145);
}

AI Color Names

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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, 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 grounded mid-tone — sober, considered, well-suited to body text accents, editorial layouts, or any context where restraint reads as quality.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where many identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #759F91.

  • Anthropicaccent
    Anthropic Blue · #6A9BCC
    →
  • Notionneutral
    Notion Gray · #787774
    →
  • Microsoftneutral
    Slate Gray · #737373
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #759F91.

  • Korea (Obangsaek)Celadon-Goryeo Green
    #7CA38E · Goryeo Dynasty ceramics, 12th-13th c.
    →
  • AustraliaEucalyptus Blue-Green
    #7EA08C · Eucalyptus regnans / globulus foliage
    →
  • China (Traditional)Jade Green (碧玉)
    #5F9EA0 · Hetian and Burmese jadeite
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using teal and color in design.

AccessibilityColor Accessibility Beyond WCAG Contrast RatiosColor TheoryColor in Craft and Artisan Design: Working with Material ConstraintsColor TheoryPastel Color Palette: How to Use Soft Colors Without Losing Contrast

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 Muted
#87AB9F · hsl(160, 18%, 60%)
Darker companion
Teal Core Muted
#649082 · hsl(160, 18%, 48%)
Complementary counterpoint
Garnet Radiant Muted
#9F7583 · hsl(340, 18%, 54%)
Analogous lead
Aqua Radiant Muted
#759F9F · hsl(180, 18%, 54%)
Analogous echo
Seafoam Radiant Muted
#759F83 · hsl(140, 18%, 54%)
Triadic +120°
Mulberry Radiant Muted
#91759F · hsl(280, 18%, 54%)
Triadic +240°
Apricot Radiant Muted
#9F9175 · hsl(40, 18%, 54%)
Split-comp +150°
Peony Radiant Muted
#9F7598 · hsl(310, 18%, 54%)
Split-comp +210°
Ruby Radiant Muted
#9F7C75 · hsl(10, 18%, 54%)
Export preview
Base: Teal Radiant Muted #759F91
Lighter companion: Teal Tone Muted #87AB9F
Darker companion: Teal Core Muted #649082
Complementary counterpoint: Garnet Radiant Muted #9F7583
Analogous lead: Aqua Radiant Muted #759F9F
Analogous echo: Seafoam Radiant Muted #759F83
Triadic +120°: Mulberry Radiant Muted #91759F
Triadic +240°: Apricot Radiant Muted #9F9175
Split-comp +150°: Peony Radiant Muted #9F7598
Split-comp +210°: Ruby Radiant Muted #9F7C75

Compare

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

vsTeal Tone MutedvsTeal Core MutedvsGarnet Radiant MutedvsAqua Radiant MutedvsSeafoam Radiant MutedvsMulberry Radiant Muted

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Teal Radiant Faint
#7E958E · hsl(160, 10%, 54%)
Nearby match
Teal Radiant Dust
#6BA894 · hsl(160, 26%, 54%)
Nearby match
Teal Core Muted
#649082 · hsl(160, 18%, 48%)
Nearby match
Teal Tone Muted
#87AB9F · hsl(160, 18%, 60%)
Nearby match
Teal Radiant Soft
#62B297 · hsl(160, 34%, 54%)
Nearby match
Teal Core Faint
#6E877E · hsl(160, 10%, 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
AA4.5:1
Garnet Nocturne Muted
#3C2A30
AA4.6:1
Garnet Nocturne Dust
#40262F
AA4.7:1
Garnet Nocturne Soft
#44222D
AA4.8:1
Garnet Nocturne Clear
#4F172A
AA4.7:1
Garnet Nocturne Vivid
#590D26
AA4.6:1
Garnet Nocturne Bright
#5E0825

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#878395
Protanopia
#898A95
Tritanopia
#789798
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Teal Radiant Faint#7E958E · hsl(160, 10%, 54%)Teal Radiant Muted#759F91 · hsl(160, 18%, 54%)Teal Radiant Dust#6BA894 · hsl(160, 26%, 54%)Teal Radiant Soft#62B297 · hsl(160, 34%, 54%)Teal Radiant Clear#4AC99F · hsl(160, 54%, 54%)Teal Radiant Vivid#33E1A7 · hsl(160, 74%, 54%)Teal Radiant Bright#27ECAB · hsl(160, 84%, 54%)Teal Radiant Pure#1EF6AE · hsl(160, 92%, 54%)
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