Palettes / Colors / #00CCAA

#00CCAA — Vivid Teal

#00CCAA is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color DarkTurquoise (#00CED1). It belongs to the teal family.

#00CCAA 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 #CC0022; it also sits naturally between #00CC44 and #0088CC. 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 80% · Blue 67%

Cyan 100% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 20%

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

Previews

CSS code for #00CCAA

.text { color: #00CCAA; }
.background { background-color: #00CCAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00CCAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 204, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(170, 100%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00CCAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 204, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00CCAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 204, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #00CCAA

Tints of #00CCAA

Tones of #00CCAA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CC0022:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #00CCAA: #000000.

How #00CCAA 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 #00CCAA 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #00CCAA?

#00CCAA is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 0, 204, 170). Its closest standard named color is DarkTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00CCAA?

#00CCAA is RGB 0, 204, 170 — HSL 170°, 100%, 40% — CMYK 100%, 0%, 17%, 20%.

What colors go with #00CCAA?

Its complement is #CC0022; analogous partners are #00CC44 and #0088CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00CCAA for text?

Black text on #00CCAA has a contrast ratio of 10.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.06:1.