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#32CDAE — Teal

#32CDAE is a teal color we call 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 #32CDAE 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.

#32CDAE 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 #CD3251; it also sits naturally between #32CD60 and #329FCD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#32CDAE · RGB 50, 205, 174

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Color values

HEX#32CDAE
RGB50, 205, 174
HSL168°, 61%, 50%
HSV168°, 76%, 80%
CMYK76%, 0%, 15%, 20%
XYZ30.79, 47.40, 47.57
Yxy47.40, 0.2448, 0.3769
CIE-Lab74.44, -46.46, 4.18
Hunter Lab68.85, -37.57, 3.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 20% · Green 80% · Blue 68%

Cyan 76% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 20%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #32CDAE

.text { color: #32CDAE; }
.background { background-color: #32CDAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #32CDAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(50, 205, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(168, 61%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #32CDAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(50, 205, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #32CDAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(50, 205, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #32CDAE

#2DB99D#29A88F#24947D#20836F#1B6F5E#165A4D#124A3F#0D352D#09251F#04100E

Tints of #32CDAE

#46D2B6#57D6BD#6BDBC5#7CDFCB#90E4D3#A5E9DB#B5EDE2#CAF2EA#DAF6F0#EFFBF9

Tones of #32CDAE

#3DC2A7#47B8A1#53AC9A#5EA193#6A958D#748B86

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CD3251:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.00:1 Fails
Against black text10.48:1 AAA

Best text color on #32CDAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #32CDAE

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 #32CDAE: ·

How #32CDAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #7577B6Deuteranopia · #6C61B7Tritanopia · #3ABBBD

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 emerald 500 · #10B981Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4

Palettes with a similar color

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

Royal Ruby Monsoon
#46D586 · #2BCDAF · #2BB9D9 · #1A406E
Mellow Monsoon
#A0DF81 · #6AE088 · #32D1B8 · #74B0DE
Dreamy Harbor
#3DE967 · #84E6B9 · #2ACFB6 · #23BBD6
Palette 83e4b5
#83E4B5 · #3EC8AC · #4E90A4 · #6E60A0
Smoky Ruby Zephyr
#C9D46F · #A2DB81 · #3ECC56 · #36D0A1
Vintage Ruby Harbor
#3FD046 · #5ADB94 · #2AD4BA · #248EB2

Similar colors

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

#2BCDAF#32D1B8#2ACFB6#3EC8AC#36D0A1#2AD4BA#3BC1A8#37C99E#28D5A2#2DCC9D#31DEB3#22CFA6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #32CDAD  ·  #32CDAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #32CDAE?

#32CDAE is Teal, a teal color (RGB 50, 205, 174). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #32CDAE?

#32CDAE is RGB 50, 205, 174 — HSL 168°, 61%, 50% — CMYK 76%, 0%, 15%, 20%.

What colors go with #32CDAE?

Its complement is #CD3251; analogous partners are #32CD60 and #329FCD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #32CDAE for text?

Black text on #32CDAE has a contrast ratio of 10.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.