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#0FAAA2 — Vivid Teal

#0FAAA2 is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color LightSeaGreen (#20B2AA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightseagreen (#20B2AA) — not an exact match. CSS lightseagreen gives you #20B2AA, a different color; use #0FAAA2 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.

#0FAAA2 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 #A90F16; it also sits naturally between #0FA954 and #0F64A9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#0FAAA2 · RGB 15, 170, 162

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Color values

HEX#0FAAA2
RGB15, 170, 162
HSL177°, 84%, 36%
HSV177°, 91%, 67%
CMYK91%, 0%, 5%, 33%
XYZ21.09, 31.46, 39.14
Yxy31.46, 0.2300, 0.3431
CIE-Lab62.89, -37.34, -6.19
Hunter Lab56.09, -28.48, -5.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 6% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 91% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 5% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #0FAAA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #0FAAA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #0FAAA2

.text { color: #0FAAA2; }
.background { background-color: #0FAAA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #0FAAA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(15, 170, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(177, 84%, 36%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #0FAAA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(15, 170, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #0FAAA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(15, 170, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#0FAAA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#0FAAA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #0FAAA2

#0D9B94#0C8D86#0B7A74#096C67#085E5A#07504C#06423F#042F2D#03211F#021312

Tints of #0FAAA2

#11C5BC#14E1D7#27ECE2#43EFE6#5FF1EA#7CF4EE#98F6F1#B4F8F5#D0FBF9#ECFDFD

Tones of #0FAAA2

#1A9E97#25938D#308883#3B7D7A#467270#516766

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A90F16:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.88:1 Fails
Against black text7.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #0FAAA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #0FAAA2

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #0FAAA2: ·

How #0FAAA2 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #5254A4Deuteranopia · #493EA4Tritanopia · #17A5A6

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:

Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2Tailwind teal 600 · #0D9488

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #0FAAA2 rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Ember
#16ADA7 · #30B8E5 · #6DA8EC · #9FAEF3
Vivid Solace
#17B0A1 · #41E6D3 · #EA5A68 · #EC9F9D
Vivid Ruby Ember
#12A7AC · #6DEDEF · #D71D17 · #F0B4A8
Golden Garden
#146D67 · #14AAAC · #4E6ABC · #B8CCF1
Silent Ruby Canyon
#12B3A9 · #1F90DC · #213BDB · #6C2FEC
Palette E8505b
#E8505B · #F9D56E · #F3ECC2 · #14B1AB

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#16ADA7#17B0A1#12A7AC#14AAAC#12B3A9#14B1AB#03A6A1#1BA6A4#0DA09A#11AE94#05A19C#1AACAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #0FAAA1  ·  #0FAAA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #0FAAA2?

#0FAAA2 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 15, 170, 162). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #0FAAA2?

#0FAAA2 is RGB 15, 170, 162 — HSL 177°, 84%, 36% — CMYK 91%, 0%, 5%, 33%.

What colors go with #0FAAA2?

Its complement is #A90F16; analogous partners are #0FA954 and #0F64A9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #0FAAA2 for text?

Black text on #0FAAA2 has a contrast ratio of 7.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.88:1.