Pale Teal #82CBB2

About this color

#82CBB2 is a light, moderately saturated teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.082 and its hue 170°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color Pale Teal. Black text reads best on it, at 11.13:1.

Colors that go with Pale Teal

Matches found by rotating Pale Teal around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Pale Teal

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Pale Teal, closest first.

• Pomelo and Mandarin
• Freesia Linen
• Dandelion and Buttercup
• Pie Counter
• Chrome Jukebox
• Pie and Formica
• Milkshake Special
• Milkshake and Pinstripe

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Pale Teal, with their ΔE distance.

• Seafoam Blue #78D1B6 ΔE 0.017
• Medium Aquamarine #66CDAA ΔE 0.030
• Tiffany Blue #94D2BD ΔE 0.031
• Medium Turquoise #48D1CC ΔE 0.050
• Dark Sea Green #8FBC8F ΔE 0.051
• Muted Teal #90B494 ΔE 0.063
• Turquoise #40E0D0 ΔE 0.066
• Dark Turquoise #00CED1 ΔE 0.070

More about Pale Teal

• Shades of green
• What green means

How to make Pale Teal

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts white
• 2 parts blue
• 1 part yellow

Recipe result: #90CBB3, a difference of ΔE 0.015 from Pale Teal. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Pale Teal in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Pale Teal

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #EFF8F4

   oklch(97.1% 0.011 167.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #DBEFE7

   oklch(93.5% 0.024 169.9)

3. Step 200

   200

   #BCE3D5

   oklch(88.4% 0.045 171.5)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #82CBB2

   oklch(78.7% 0.082 170.5)

5. Step 400

   400

   #27BA95

   oklch(70.6% 0.13 170.8)

6. Step 500

   500

   #00A17F

   oklch(63.1% 0.124 170.8)

7. Step 600

   600

   #00876A

   oklch(55.5% 0.109 170.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #007259

   oklch(49.1% 0.097 170.7)

9. Step 800

   800

   #005D48

   oklch(42.6% 0.084 170.6)

10. Step 900

    900

    #004E3C

    oklch(37.7% 0.074 170.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #002F23

    oklch(27.2% 0.053 170.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Pale Teal with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.