Palettes / Colors / #00FFAE

#00FFAE — Vivid Teal

#00FFAE is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color MediumSpringGreen (#00FA9A). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mediumspringgreen (#00FA9A) — not an exact match. CSS mediumspringgreen gives you #00FA9A, a different color; use #00FFAE 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.

#00FFAE 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 #FF0051; it also sits naturally between #00FF2F and #00D0FF. 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 100% · Blue 68%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #00FFAE

.text { color: #00FFAE; }
.background { background-color: #00FFAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #00FFAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(0, 255, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(161, 100%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #00FFAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(0, 255, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #00FFAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(0, 255, 174, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #FF0051:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #00FFAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #00FFAE

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 #00FFAE 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 #00FFAE 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 #00FFAE?

#00FFAE is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 0, 255, 174). Its closest standard named color is MediumSpringGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #00FFAE?

#00FFAE is RGB 0, 255, 174 — HSL 161°, 100%, 50% — CMYK 100%, 0%, 32%, 0%.

What colors go with #00FFAE?

Its complement is #FF0051; analogous partners are #00FF2F and #00D0FF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #00FFAE for text?

Black text on #00FFAE has a contrast ratio of 15.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.