Palettes / Colors / #00A795

#00A795 — Vivid Teal

#00A795 is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color DarkCyan (#008B8B). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkcyan (#008B8B) — not an exact match. CSS darkcyan gives you #008B8B, a different color; use #00A795 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.

#00A795 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 #A80011; it also sits naturally between #00A843 and #0065A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 65% · Blue 58%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 11% · Key 35%

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

Previews

CSS code for #00A795

.text { color: #00A795; }
.background { background-color: #00A795; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00A795; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 167, 149); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(174, 100%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00A795; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 167, 149, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00A795; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 167, 149, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#00A795">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#00A795">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A80011:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #00A795: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00A795

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:

How #00A795 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #00A795 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00A794  ·  #00A796 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00A795?

#00A795 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 0, 167, 149). Its closest standard named color is DarkCyan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00A795?

#00A795 is RGB 0, 167, 149 — HSL 174°, 100%, 33% — CMYK 100%, 0%, 11%, 35%.

What colors go with #00A795?

Its complement is #A80011; analogous partners are #00A843 and #0065A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00A795 for text?

Black text on #00A795 has a contrast ratio of 6.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.02:1.