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#32BBCD — Teal

#32BBCD is a teal color we call Teal, closest to the named color MediumTurquoise (#48D1CC). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mediumturquoise (#48D1CC) — not an exact match. CSS mediumturquoise gives you #48D1CC, a different color; use #32BBCD 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.

#32BBCD 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 #CD4432; it also sits naturally between #32CD92 and #326DCD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#32BBCD · RGB 50, 187, 205

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Color values

HEX#32BBCD
RGB50, 187, 205
HSL187°, 61%, 50%
HSV187°, 76%, 80%
CMYK76%, 9%, 0%, 20%
XYZ30.11, 40.63, 64.01
Yxy40.63, 0.2234, 0.3015
CIE-Lab69.91, -29.49, -19.42
Hunter Lab63.74, -24.21, -19.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 20% · Green 73% · Blue 80%

Cyan 76% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #32BBCD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #32BBCD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #32BBCD

.text { color: #32BBCD; }
.background { background-color: #32BBCD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #32BBCD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(50, 187, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(187, 61%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #32BBCD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(50, 187, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #32BBCD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(50, 187, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#32BBCD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#32BBCD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #32BBCD

#2DA8B9#2999A8#248794#207883#1B656F#16525A#12434A#0D3135#092225#040F10

Tints of #32BBCD

#46C2D2#57C7D6#6BCEDB#7CD4DF#90DAE4#A5E1E9#B5E7ED#CAEDF2#DAF3F6#EFFAFB

Tones of #32BBCD

#3DB2C2#47ABB8#53A2AC#5E99A1#6A9095#74888B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CD4432:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.30:1 Fails
Against black text9.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #32BBCD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #32BBCD

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 #32BBCD: ·

How #32BBCD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6D6FC9Deuteranopia · #655BC8Tritanopia · #39C5C4

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 cyan 500 · #06B6D4Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Material Cyan 500 · #00BCD4

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #32BBCD rather than the exact color:

Frozen Ruby Opal
#8B2D1D · #D94B59 · #2FBCD4 · #B3E9E7
Frozen Ruby Cinder
#902481 · #BDD044 · #3ABACE · #EBCBEB
Palette 77e4c8
#77E4C8 · #36C2CE · #478CCF · #4535C1
Rustic Cascade
#939F21 · #2ABDCC · #C829B9 · #E3E6B3
Palette Fac0e1
#FAC0E1 · #CAA5F1 · #59D4E8 · #39BDC8
Honey Opal
#D1F0F5 · #64C9D9 · #29B6CC · #15525B

Similar colors

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

#2FBCD4#3ABACE#36C2CE#2ABDCC#39BDC8#29B6CC#36BFD6#37B7C3#2BBBD7#39B1D1#25B9CB#28BDD6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #32BBCC  ·  #32BBCE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #32BBCD?

#32BBCD is Teal, a teal color (RGB 50, 187, 205). Its closest standard named color is MediumTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #32BBCD?

#32BBCD is RGB 50, 187, 205 — HSL 187°, 61%, 50% — CMYK 76%, 9%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #32BBCD?

Its complement is #CD4432; analogous partners are #32CD92 and #326DCD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #32BBCD for text?

Black text on #32BBCD has a contrast ratio of 9.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.30:1.