Palettes / Colors / #01798E

#01798E — Vivid Teal

#01798E is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Teal (#008080). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: teal (#008080) — not an exact match. CSS teal gives you #008080, a different color; use #01798E 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.

#01798E 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 #8E1601; it also sits naturally between #018E5D and #01328E. 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 47% · Blue 56%

Cyan 99% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 0% · Key 44%

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

Previews

CSS code for #01798E

.text { color: #01798E; }
.background { background-color: #01798E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #01798E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(1, 121, 142); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(189, 99%, 28%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #01798E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(1, 121, 142, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #01798E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(1, 121, 142, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#01798E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#01798E">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #8E1601:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #01798E: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #01798E

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 #01798E 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 #01798E 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

← #01798D  ·  #01798F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #01798E?

#01798E is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 1, 121, 142). Its closest standard named color is Teal.

What is the RGB and HSL of #01798E?

#01798E is RGB 1, 121, 142 — HSL 189°, 99%, 28% — CMYK 99%, 15%, 0%, 44%.

What colors go with #01798E?

Its complement is #8E1601; analogous partners are #018E5D and #01328E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #01798E for text?

White text on #01798E has a contrast ratio of 5.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.13:1.