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#00A8A1 — Vivid Teal

#00A8A1 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 #00A8A1 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.

#00A8A1 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 #A80008; it also sits naturally between #00A84C and #005DA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#00A8A1 · RGB 0, 168, 161

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Color values

HEX#00A8A1
RGB0, 168, 161
HSL177°, 100%, 33%
HSV177°, 100%, 66%
CMYK100%, 0%, 4%, 34%
XYZ20.44, 30.58, 38.54
Yxy30.58, 0.2282, 0.3414
CIE-Lab62.15, -37.32, -6.74
Hunter Lab55.30, -28.29, -5.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 0% · Green 66% · Blue 63%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 4% · Key 34%

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

Previews

Sample text in #00A8A1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #00A8A1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #00A8A1

.text { color: #00A8A1; }
.background { background-color: #00A8A1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00A8A1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 168, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(177, 100%, 33%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00A8A1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 168, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00A8A1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 168, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#00A8A1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#00A8A1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #00A8A1

#009991#008A83#007A74#006B66#00615C#00524E#00423F#003330#002422#001413

Tints of #00A8A1

#00C7BD#00EBDF#0AFFF3#29FFF4#4DFFF6#6BFFF8#8AFFF9#A8FFFB#CCFFFC#EBFFFE

Tones of #00A8A1

#0C9D95#18908A#24847F#307875#3C6D6A#48605F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A80008:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.95:1 Fails
Against black text7.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #00A8A1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00A8A1

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 #00A8A1: ·

How #00A8A1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #494AA3Deuteranopia · #3F32A3Tritanopia · #08A4A4

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 teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2Material Teal 500 · #009688

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #00A8A1 rather than the exact color:

Palette 03a6a1
#03A6A1 · #FFE3BB · #FFA673 · #FF4F0F
Palette 007065
#007065 · #00A79D · #F5C181 · #FFEECF
Palette 103c42
#103C42 · #02576C · #05A19C · #FFE837
Velvet Lagoon
#1D2F55 · #0DA09A · #49A6C1 · #C7E1F3
Palette 00b8a9
#00B8A9 · #F8F3D4 · #F6416C · #FFDE7D
Palette 303841
#303841 · #00ADB5 · #EEEEEE · #FF5722

Similar colors

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

#03A6A1#00A79D#05A19C#0DA09A#00B8A9#00ADB5#12A7AC#11AE94#12B3A9#009990#11999E#14AAAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #00A8A0  ·  #00A8A2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #00A8A1?

#00A8A1 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 0, 168, 161). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00A8A1?

#00A8A1 is RGB 0, 168, 161 — HSL 177°, 100%, 33% — CMYK 100%, 0%, 4%, 34%.

What colors go with #00A8A1?

Its complement is #A80008; analogous partners are #00A84C and #005DA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00A8A1 for text?

Black text on #00A8A1 has a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.95:1.