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#00A3AE — Vivid Teal

#00A3AE is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color LightSeaGreen (#20B2AA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightseagreen (#20B2AA) — not an exact match. CSS lightseagreen gives you #20B2AA, a different color; use #00A3AE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#00A3AE is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AD0C00; it also sits naturally between #00AD62 and #004BAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#00A3AE · RGB 0, 163, 174

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Color values

HEX#00A3AE
RGB0, 163, 174
HSL184°, 100%, 34%
HSV184°, 100%, 68%
CMYK100%, 6%, 0%, 32%
XYZ20.74, 29.25, 44.60
Yxy29.25, 0.2192, 0.3093
CIE-Lab61.00, -30.90, -15.77
Hunter Lab54.08, -23.69, -14.51

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 64% · Blue 68%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 0% · Key 32%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #00A3AE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #00A3AE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #00A3AE

.text { color: #00A3AE; }
.background { background-color: #00A3AE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00A3AE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 163, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(184, 100%, 34%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00A3AE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 163, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00A3AE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 163, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#00A3AE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#00A3AE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #00A3AE

#00949E#00858F#007780#006970#005A61#004C52#003E42#003033#002124#001314

Tints of #00A3AE

#00BECC#00DBEB#0FEFFF#2EF1FF#4DF3FF#6BF5FF#8AF7FF#ADFAFF#CCFCFF#EBFEFF

Tones of #00A3AE

#0C97A1#198C94#258288#31777C#3E6C70#4B6163

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AD0C00:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.07:1 AA large only
Against black text6.85:1 AA

Best text color on #00A3AE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00A3AE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #00A3AE: ·

How #00A3AE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #4748ABDeuteranopia · #3D31ABTritanopia · #08A9A9

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind sky 600 · #0284C7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #00A3AE rather than the exact color:

Palette 303841
#303841 · #00ADB5 · #EEEEEE · #FF5722
Palette 03a6a1
#03A6A1 · #FFE3BB · #FFA673 · #FF4F0F
Palette 4a249d
#4A249D · #009FBD · #F9E2AF · #F6F5F5
Palette Ffcfef
#FFCFEF · #0A97B0 · #0A5EB0 · #2A3335
Palette 007065
#007065 · #00A79D · #F5C181 · #FFEECF
Vivid Ruby Ember
#12A7AC · #6DEDEF · #D71D17 · #F0B4A8

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#00ADB5#03A6A1#009FBD#0A97B0#00A79D#12A7AC#05A19C#1299B1#00B7B5#14AAAC#00B8A9#0FABBC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00A3AD  ·  #00A3AF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00A3AE?

#00A3AE is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 0, 163, 174). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00A3AE?

#00A3AE is RGB 0, 163, 174 — HSL 184°, 100%, 34% — CMYK 100%, 6%, 0%, 32%.

What colors go with #00A3AE?

Its complement is #AD0C00; analogous partners are #00AD62 and #004BAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00A3AE for text?

Black text on #00A3AE has a contrast ratio of 6.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.07:1.