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#00A5B1 — Vivid Teal

#00A5B1 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 #00A5B1 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.

#00A5B1 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 #B30C00; it also sits naturally between #00B365 and #004DB3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#00A5B1 · RGB 0, 165, 177

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Color values

HEX#00A5B1
RGB0, 165, 177
HSL184°, 100%, 35%
HSV184°, 100%, 69%
CMYK100%, 7%, 0%, 31%
XYZ21.39, 30.08, 46.27
Yxy30.08, 0.2188, 0.3078
CIE-Lab61.73, -30.90, -16.36
Hunter Lab54.85, -23.82, -15.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 65% · Blue 69%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 31%

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

Previews

Sample text in #00A5B1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #00A5B1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #00A5B1

.text { color: #00A5B1; }
.background { background-color: #00A5B1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00A5B1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 165, 177); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(184, 100%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00A5B1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 165, 177, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00A5B1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 165, 177, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#00A5B1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#00A5B1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #00A5B1

#0098A3#008A94#007C85#006D75#005F66#004C52#003E42#003033#002124#001314

Tints of #00A5B1

#00C3D1#00E0F0#0FEFFF#2EF1FF#52F3FF#70F5FF#8FF8FF#ADFAFF#CCFCFF#EBFEFF

Tones of #00A5B1

#0C9CA6#1A9099#26858C#337B80#3F7073#4D6466

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B30C00:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.99:1 Fails
Against black text7.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #00A5B1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00A5B1

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 #00A5B1: ·

How #00A5B1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #4749AEDeuteranopia · #3E32ADTritanopia · #08ACAB

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 cyan 500 · #06B6D4

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #00A5B1 rather than the exact color:

Palette 303841
#303841 · #00ADB5 · #EEEEEE · #FF5722
Palette 4a249d
#4A249D · #009FBD · #F9E2AF · #F6F5F5
Palette 03a6a1
#03A6A1 · #FFE3BB · #FFA673 · #FF4F0F
Palette Ffcfef
#FFCFEF · #0A97B0 · #0A5EB0 · #2A3335
Palette 005461
#005461 · #018790 · #00B7B5 · #F4F4F4
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#009FBD#03A6A1#0A97B0#00B7B5#12A7AC#0FABBC#00A79D#00B8A9#14AAAC#1299B1#05A19C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00A5B0  ·  #00A5B2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00A5B1?

#00A5B1 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 0, 165, 177). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00A5B1?

#00A5B1 is RGB 0, 165, 177 — HSL 184°, 100%, 35% — CMYK 100%, 7%, 0%, 31%.

What colors go with #00A5B1?

Its complement is #B30C00; analogous partners are #00B365 and #004DB3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00A5B1 for text?

Black text on #00A5B1 has a contrast ratio of 7.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.99:1.