Palettes / Colors / #04697C

#04697C — Deep Vivid Teal

#04697C is a teal color we call Deep 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 #04697C 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.

#04697C 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 #7C1804; it also sits naturally between #047C54 and #042C7C. 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 2% · Green 41% · Blue 49%

Cyan 97% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 0% · Key 51%

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

Previews

CSS code for #04697C

.text { color: #04697C; }
.background { background-color: #04697C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #04697C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(4, 105, 124); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(190, 94%, 25%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #04697C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(4, 105, 124, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #04697C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(4, 105, 124, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#04697C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#04697C">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #7C1804:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #04697C: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #04697C

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 #04697C 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 #04697C 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

← #04697B  ·  #04697D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #04697C?

#04697C is Deep Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 4, 105, 124). Its closest standard named color is Teal.

What is the RGB and HSL of #04697C?

#04697C is RGB 4, 105, 124 — HSL 190°, 94%, 25% — CMYK 97%, 15%, 0%, 51%.

What colors go with #04697C?

Its complement is #7C1804; analogous partners are #047C54 and #042C7C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #04697C for text?

White text on #04697C has a contrast ratio of 6.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.32:1.