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Teal Shadow Bright
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Teal Shadow Bright

Teal · Hue 160
Metrics
S 84% · L 28%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white4.8:1AAon black4.4:1AA Large
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About this color

Teal Shadow Bright (#0B835B) belongs to the teal family — hue 160°, 84% saturation, 28% 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-shadow-bright: #0B835B;
  --colorarchive-teal-shadow-bright-hsl: hsl(160, 84%, 28%);
  --colorarchive-teal-shadow-bright-rgb: rgb(11, 131, 91);
}

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 #0B835B.

  • Starbucksprimary
    Starbucks Green · #006241
    →
  • OpenAIaccent
    ChatGPT Green · #10A37F
    →
  • GitHubaccent
    Success Green · #2DA44E
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #0B835B.

  • IrelandCeltic Cross Green
    #169B62 · Irish flag — Pantone 347
    →
  • BrazilAmazon Green
    #1B6D3F · Tropical rainforest canopy
    →
  • IndiaIndia Green
    #138808 · Indian flag — Ashoka green
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using teal and color in design.

Color TheorySurface Finish and Color Perception: How Matte, Satin, and Gloss Change What You SeeColor TheoryMonochromatic Color Palette: How to Design with One HueColor TheoryColor for Ambient Displays: Smart TVs, Digital Art Frames, and Always-On Screens

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 Dusk Bright
#0EA06F · hsl(160, 84%, 34%)
Darker companion
Teal Nocturne Bright
#085E41 · hsl(160, 84%, 20%)
Complementary counterpoint
Garnet Shadow Bright
#830B33 · hsl(340, 84%, 28%)
Analogous lead
Aqua Shadow Bright
#0B8383 · hsl(180, 84%, 28%)
Analogous echo
Seafoam Shadow Bright
#0B8333 · hsl(140, 84%, 28%)
Triadic +120°
Mulberry Shadow Bright
#5B0B83 · hsl(280, 84%, 28%)
Triadic +240°
Apricot Shadow Bright
#835B0B · hsl(40, 84%, 28%)
Split-comp +150°
Peony Shadow Bright
#830B6F · hsl(310, 84%, 28%)
Split-comp +210°
Ruby Shadow Bright
#831F0B · hsl(10, 84%, 28%)
Export preview
Base: Teal Shadow Bright #0B835B
Lighter companion: Teal Dusk Bright #0EA06F
Darker companion: Teal Nocturne Bright #085E41
Complementary counterpoint: Garnet Shadow Bright #830B33
Analogous lead: Aqua Shadow Bright #0B8383
Analogous echo: Seafoam Shadow Bright #0B8333
Triadic +120°: Mulberry Shadow Bright #5B0B83
Triadic +240°: Apricot Shadow Bright #835B0B
Split-comp +150°: Peony Shadow Bright #830B6F
Split-comp +210°: Ruby Shadow Bright #831F0B

Compare

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

vsTeal Dusk BrightvsTeal Nocturne BrightvsGarnet Shadow BrightvsAqua Shadow BrightvsSeafoam Shadow BrightvsMulberry Shadow Bright

Nearest neighbors

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

Search by hex
Nearby match
Teal Shadow Pure
#06895D · hsl(160, 92%, 28%)
Nearby match
Teal Dusk Bright
#0EA06F · hsl(160, 84%, 34%)
Nearby match
Teal Shadow Vivid
#137C59 · hsl(160, 74%, 28%)
Nearby match
Teal Nocturne Bright
#085E41 · hsl(160, 84%, 20%)
Nearby match
Teal Dusk Pure
#07A671 · hsl(160, 92%, 34%)
Nearby match
Teal Dusk Vivid
#17976C · hsl(160, 74%, 34%)

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 Veil Faint
#FAF9FA
AA4.5:1
Garnet Veil Muted
#FBF9FA
AA4.5:1
Garnet Veil Dust
#FBF9F9
AA4.5:1
Garnet Veil Soft
#FCF8F9
AA4.5:1
Garnet Veil Clear
#FDF7F9
AA4.5:1
Garnet Veil Vivid
#FEF6F9

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#534B69
Protanopia
#595A66
Tritanopia
#206F70
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Teal Shadow Faint#404F4A · hsl(160, 10%, 28%)Teal Shadow Muted#3B544C · hsl(160, 18%, 28%)Teal Shadow Dust#355A4E · hsl(160, 26%, 28%)Teal Shadow Soft#2F604F · hsl(160, 34%, 28%)Teal Shadow Clear#216E54 · hsl(160, 54%, 28%)Teal Shadow Vivid#137C59 · hsl(160, 74%, 28%)Teal Shadow Bright#0B835B · hsl(160, 84%, 28%)Teal Shadow Pure#06895D · hsl(160, 92%, 28%)
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