greencoolCC0 survey name

Bright Teal #01F9C6

Bright Teal is a mid-tone, vivid cool color (#01F9C6; HSL 168° 99% 49%). Name from the public-domain xkcd color survey (CC0), where it was contributed as “bright teal”.

Use cases: Success states · Nature brands

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Families: Greens · Teals · Turquoise Colors · Emerald Colors

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#01F9C6
RGBrgb(1, 249, 198)
HSLhsl(168, 99%, 49%)
HSVhsv(168, 100%, 98%)
OKLCHoklch(87.41% 0.171 170.8)
OKLaboklab(87.41% -0.1693 0.0274)
CMYKcmyk(99.6%, 0%, 20.5%, 2.4%)
XYZxyz(44.0755, 71.8291, 64.9565)
CIE-LABlab(87.9, -60.8, 10.7)
CIE-LCHlch(87.9, 61.7, 170.0°)
Luminance0.718 (WCAG relative)
/* Bright Teal */ --bright-teal: #01f9c6; color: #01f9c6; background-color: #01f9c6;

Source: xkcd color survey name (public domain, CC0). CSS keyword: brightteal.

Collections: Vibrant Colors · Neon Colors · Tropical Colors

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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OKLCH ramp (perceptually uniform, modern CSS)

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Shades (toward black)

#16ddb0 #1ec29b #22a786 #238e72 #22755e #205d4b #1c4639 #173028 #101b17 #000000

Tints (toward white)

#4cfacc #6bfbd1 #84fcd7 #9afddd #adfee2 #bffee8 #d0ffee #e0fff3 #f0fff9 #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#47f7c8 #64f4ca #79f2cd #8cefcf #9cecd1 #aae9d3 #b8e6d6 #c5e3d8 #d1e0da #dcdcdc

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#01F9C6
#F90134
#01f9c6 #f90134

Analogous

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#01F94A
#01F9C6
#01B0F9
#01f94a #01f9c6 #01b0f9

Triadic

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#01F9C6
#C601F9
#F9C601
#01f9c6 #c601f9 #f9c601

Tetradic

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#01F9C6
#4A01F9
#F90134
#B0F901
#01f9c6 #4a01f9 #f90134 #b0f901

Square

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#01F9C6
#4A01F9
#F90134
#B0F901
#01f9c6 #4a01f9 #f90134 #b0f901

Split Complementary

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#01F9C6
#F901B0
#F94A01
#01f9c6 #f901b0 #f94a01

Monochromatic

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#017F65
#01BC96
#01F9C6
#39FED6
#76FEE2
#017f65 #01bc96 #01f9c6 #39fed6 #76fee2

Accessibility & contrast

1.37
#01F9C6 on #FFFFFF
AA text ✗AA large ✗AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✗
15.37
#01F9C6 on #000000
AA text ✓AA large ✓AAA text ✓UI 3:1 ✓

Best text on bright teal

15.37
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1E7C3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8D5CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00FBEA

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Aqua Marine #2EE8BB3.72
Light Aquamarine #7BFDC75.14
Aquamarine #7FFFD45.22
Light Turquoise #7EF4CC5.48
Light Aqua #8CFFDB6.75
Eucalyptus #44D7A87.71

Colors that go with bright teal

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility.

Green Blue #01C08D
1.7:1
Same hue family as bright teal (Δh 4°) — guaranteed harmony
Forest Green #2D5A27
5.9:1
Warm/cool bridge (Δh 55°) — adds depth without tension
Hazel #8E7618
3.2:1
Triadic harmony (Δh ≈120°) — balanced three-way contrast
Rust #B7410E
4.1:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈150°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Burgundy #800020
7.9:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈177°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.