Palettes / Colors / #106982

#106982 — Vivid Teal

#106982 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 #106982 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.

#106982 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 #842910; it also sits naturally between #108463 and #103184. 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 6% · Green 41% · Blue 51%

Cyan 88% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 0% · Key 49%

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

Previews

CSS code for #106982

.text { color: #106982; }
.background { background-color: #106982; }
.border { border: 3px solid #106982; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(16, 105, 130); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(193, 78%, 29%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #106982; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(16, 105, 130, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #106982; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(16, 105, 130, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#106982">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#106982">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #842910:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #106982: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #106982

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 #106982 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 #106982 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 #106982?

#106982 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 16, 105, 130). Its closest standard named color is Teal.

What is the RGB and HSL of #106982?

#106982 is RGB 16, 105, 130 — HSL 193°, 78%, 29% — CMYK 88%, 19%, 0%, 49%.

What colors go with #106982?

Its complement is #842910; analogous partners are #108463 and #103184. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #106982 for text?

White text on #106982 has a contrast ratio of 6.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.37:1.