Palettes / Colors / #20EEEA

#20EEEA — Vivid Teal

#20EEEA is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Aqua (#00FFFF). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: aqua (#00FFFF) — not an exact match. CSS aqua gives you #00FFFF, a different color; use #20EEEA 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.

#20EEEA 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 #EE2024; it also sits naturally between #20EE84 and #208BEE. 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 13% · Green 93% · Blue 92%

Cyan 87% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #20EEEA

.text { color: #20EEEA; }
.background { background-color: #20EEEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #20EEEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(32, 238, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(179, 86%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #20EEEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(32, 238, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #20EEEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(32, 238, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#20EEEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#20EEEA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #20EEEA

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Tones of #20EEEA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EE2024:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #20EEEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #20EEEA

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 #20EEEA 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 #20EEEA 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

← #20EEE9  ·  #20EEEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #20EEEA?

#20EEEA is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 32, 238, 234). Its closest standard named color is Aqua.

What is the RGB and HSL of #20EEEA?

#20EEEA is RGB 32, 238, 234 — HSL 179°, 86%, 53% — CMYK 87%, 0%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #20EEEA?

Its complement is #EE2024; analogous partners are #20EE84 and #208BEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #20EEEA for text?

Black text on #20EEEA has a contrast ratio of 14.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.45:1.