Palettes / Colors / #04887F

#04887F — Deep Vivid Teal

#04887F 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 #04887F 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.

#04887F 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 #86040D; it also sits naturally between #04863C and #044D86. 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 53% · Blue 50%

Cyan 97% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 47%

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

Previews

CSS code for #04887F

.text { color: #04887F; }
.background { background-color: #04887F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #04887F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(4, 136, 127); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(176, 94%, 27%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #04887F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(4, 136, 127, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #04887F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(4, 136, 127, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#04887F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#04887F">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #86040D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #04887F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #04887F

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 #04887F 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 #04887F 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

← #04887E  ·  #048880 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #04887F?

#04887F is Deep Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 4, 136, 127). Its closest standard named color is Teal.

What is the RGB and HSL of #04887F?

#04887F is RGB 4, 136, 127 — HSL 176°, 94%, 27% — CMYK 97%, 0%, 7%, 47%.

What colors go with #04887F?

Its complement is #86040D; analogous partners are #04863C and #044D86. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #04887F for text?

Black text on #04887F has a contrast ratio of 4.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.34:1.