Palettes / Colors / #04BEBA

#04BEBA — Vivid Teal

#04BEBA is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color DarkTurquoise (#00CED1). It belongs to the teal family.

#04BEBA 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 #BE0407; it also sits naturally between #04BE5E and #0464BE. 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 75% · Blue 73%

Cyan 98% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 25%

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

Previews

CSS code for #04BEBA

.text { color: #04BEBA; }
.background { background-color: #04BEBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #04BEBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(4, 190, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(179, 96%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #04BEBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(4, 190, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #04BEBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(4, 190, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#04BEBA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#04BEBA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #04BEBA

Tints of #04BEBA

Tones of #04BEBA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BE0407:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #04BEBA: #000000.

How #04BEBA 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 #04BEBA 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 #04BEBA?

#04BEBA is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 4, 190, 186). Its closest standard named color is DarkTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #04BEBA?

#04BEBA is RGB 4, 190, 186 — HSL 179°, 96%, 38% — CMYK 98%, 0%, 2%, 25%.

What colors go with #04BEBA?

Its complement is #BE0407; analogous partners are #04BE5E and #0464BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #04BEBA for text?

Black text on #04BEBA has a contrast ratio of 9.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.31:1.