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#80EFEC — Light Vivid Teal

#80EFEC is a teal color we call Light Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Aquamarine (#7FFFD4). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: aquamarine (#7FFFD4) — not an exact match. CSS aquamarine gives you #7FFFD4, a different color; use #80EFEC 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.

#80EFEC 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 #EF8084; it also sits naturally between #80EFB4 and #80BBEF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#80EFEC · RGB 128, 239, 236

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Color values

HEX#80EFEC
RGB128, 239, 236
HSL178°, 78%, 72%
HSV178°, 46%, 94%
CMYK46%, 0%, 1%, 6%
XYZ54.91, 72.38, 90.43
Yxy72.38, 0.2522, 0.3324
CIE-Lab88.15, -32.50, -8.43
Hunter Lab85.08, -29.59, -8.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 50% · Green 94% · Blue 93%

Cyan 46% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #80EFEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #80EFEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #80EFEC

.text { color: #80EFEC; }
.background { background-color: #80EFEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #80EFEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(128, 239, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(178, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #80EFEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(128, 239, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #80EFEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(128, 239, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#80EFEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#80EFEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #80EFEC

#60EBE7#40E7E2#25E4DE#19CCC6#15ACA7#118D89#0D6D6A#0A524F#063230#021212

Tints of #80EFEC

#89F0ED#97F2EF#A0F3F0#ADF5F3#B6F6F4#BFF7F5#CDF9F7#D6FAF9#E4FCFB#EDFDFC

Tones of #80EFEC

#88E7E4#90E0DD#97D8D6#A0CFCE#A8C7C6#B0BFBF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EF8084:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.36:1 Fails
Against black text15.48:1 AAA

Best text color on #80EFEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #80EFEC

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 #80EFEC: ·

How #80EFEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B0B1EDDeuteranopia · #AAA1EDTritanopia · #86EDED

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap info · #0DCAF0Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #80EFEC rather than the exact color:

Crystal Opal
#85EBE2 · #38E6D7 · #1BA297 · #187C74
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9
Silent Ruby Opal
#7CE2EE · #25B9CB · #19A8B9 · #15747F
Burning Breeze
#165D58 · #2467BA · #6ED2C9 · #8DF1F1
Rustic Whisper
#73E8E8 · #46DDDD · #27B9B9 · #135353
Palette 88e0ef
#88E0EF · #161E54 · #FF5151 · #FF9B6A

Similar colors

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

#85EBE2#73EEEE#7CE2EE#8DF1F1#73E8E8#88E0EF#8EF6E4#76E2F4#92EAEF#6DEDEF#7DEDFF#8BE3E1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #80EFEB  ·  #80EFED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #80EFEC?

#80EFEC is Light Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 128, 239, 236). Its closest standard named color is Aquamarine.

What is the RGB and HSL of #80EFEC?

#80EFEC is RGB 128, 239, 236 — HSL 178°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 46%, 0%, 1%, 6%.

What colors go with #80EFEC?

Its complement is #EF8084; analogous partners are #80EFB4 and #80BBEF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #80EFEC for text?

Black text on #80EFEC has a contrast ratio of 15.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.36:1.