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#64cfd4

a balanced, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Dark Turquoise

Token name suggestion: True Teal

RGB
100, 207, 212
HSL
183°, 57%, 61%
CMYK
53, 2, 0, 17
Luminance
0.5209

#64cfd4 is a balanced vivid cyan, 183° on the wheel and 89/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.42:1). As text it scores 1.84:1 on white — use #258085 instead. Nearest name is Dark Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(183 57% 61%)rgb(100 207 212)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #64cfd4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#64cfd4
Hue
183°
cyan
Saturation
57%
vivid
Lightness
61%
balanced
Brightness
83%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5209
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
89/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.42:1
Closest name
Dark Turquoise
ΔE2000 4.5
Chroma
31.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.793
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 10.5
Web-safe
#66CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue183° of 360°
Saturation57%
Lightness61%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #64cfd4.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool89% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red5%
Green86%
Blue9%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#64cfd4
HEX (8-digit)#64cfd4ff
RGBrgb(100, 207, 212)
RGBArgba(100, 207, 212, 1)
HSLhsl(183, 57%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183, 53%, 83%)
HWBhwb(183 39% 17%)
CMYKcmyk(53%, 2%, 0%, 17%)
LABlab(77.3 -29.3 -11.9)
LCHlch(77.3 31.6 202.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.793 0.099 199.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(39.45, 52.08, 70.25)
Decimal6606804
Display P3color(display-p3 0.392 0.812 0.831)
Web-safe#66CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #64cfd4;
background-color: #64cfd4;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #64cfd4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#64cfd4] bg-[#64cfd4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #64cfd4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.392, green: 0.812, blue: 0.831)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.392, green: 0.812, blue: 0.831, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#64CFD4</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF64CFD4)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF64CFD4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(212, 207, 100)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(100, 207, 212)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(100, 207, 212)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 100, 207, 212)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3922f, 0.8118f, 0.8314f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{100,207,212}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #64cfd4 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #64cfd4 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1C6164, #D3EDEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #64cfd4 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4FAFB;
  --brand-100: #E9F6F6;
  --brand-200: #CDEDEE;
  --brand-300: #A7E4E7;
  --brand-400: #7BD6DA;
  --brand-500: #64cfd4;
  --brand-600: #35B9C0;
  --brand-700: #2C9BA0;
  --brand-800: #237C80;
  --brand-900: #1D5A5D;
  --brand-950: #12383A;
  --brand: #64cfd4;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAFA;
  --brand-border: #C0EBED;
  --brand-hover: #48C6CC;
  --brand-pressed: #34B6BC;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142424;
    --brand-ink: #D3EDEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FAFB',
        100: '#E9F6F6',
        200: '#CDEDEE',
        300: '#A7E4E7',
        400: '#7BD6DA',
        500: '#64cfd4',
        600: '#35B9C0',
        700: '#2C9BA0',
        800: '#237C80',
        900: '#1D5A5D',
        950: '#12383A',
        DEFAULT: '#64cfd4',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FAFB,
  '100': #E9F6F6,
  '200': #CDEDEE,
  '300': #A7E4E7,
  '400': #7BD6DA,
  '500': #64cfd4,
  '600': #35B9C0,
  '700': #2C9BA0,
  '800': #237C80,
  '900': #1D5A5D,
  '950': #12383A,
);
$brand-base: #64cfd4;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FAFB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F6F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CDEDEE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A7E4E7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7BD6DA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#64cfd4", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#35B9C0", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2C9BA0", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#237C80", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1D5A5D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#12383A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #64cfd4 · 11.42:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.84:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.42:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #64cfd4 as text scores 1.84:1 on white and 11.42:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1C6164 at 3.88:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#258085 · 4.66:1
AA on white−28% L
#258085
The quick fox
#1C6165 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−36% L
#1C6165
The quick fox
#64cfd4 · 11.42:1
AA on blackalready passes
#64cfd4
The quick fox
#64cfd4 · 11.42:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#64cfd4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #2FA3A9 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#64cfd4 on white: 1.84:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#64cfd4 on black: 11.42:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #64cfd4 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #64cfd4.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.84:1AaAa
Slate 501.76:1AaAa
Slate 1001.68:1AaAa
Slate 2001.49:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4001.39:1AaAa
Slate 5002.59:1AaAa
Slate 6004.12:1AaAa
Slate 7005.63:1AaAa
Slate 8007.95:1AaAa
Slate 9009.71:1AaAa
Black11.42:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C2C7D5
deuteranopia · #B0B9D5
tritanopia · #00D5D0

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #64cfd4 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FAFB
#E9F6F6
#CDEDEE
#A7E4E7
#7BD6DA
#64cfd4
#35B9C0
#2C9BA0
#237C80
#1D5A5D
#12383A
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F4FAFBDarkest = 950 · #12383AText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.025 199.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.039 199.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.059 199.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.077 199.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.091 199.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.099 199.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.099 199.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.093 199.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.083 199.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.069 199.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.054 199.5);
}

Colors that work with #64cfd4

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C0EBED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B979B
Captions on the surface
Accent#D86079
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1C6164
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBF9F9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142424
Dark-mode background
Hover#48C6CC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#34B6BC
Two steps down
Disabled#CBDDDE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#6BDCE1
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #64cfd4

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #1C6164
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #2FA3A9

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight39/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#D46964
Analogous left#64D4A1
Analogous right#6497D4
Split-complement 1#D46497
Split-complement 2#D4A164
Triadic 1#D464CF
Triadic 2#CFD464
Tetradic#A164D4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°183°

#64cfd4 sits at 183°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red39.2%
Green81.2%
Blue83.1%
R · 0–255
100
0x64
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
212
0xd4

CMYK percentages

Cyan52.8%
Magenta2.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)16.9%

Total ink coverage is 72%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#64cfd4 text on a black background

contrast 11.42:1

Card sample

#64cfd4 text on a white background

contrast 1.84:1

Card sample

#64cfd4 on grey

1.68:1

#64cfd4 on its own surface

1.74:1

#64cfd4 on its dark surface

8.73:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #64cfd4;
Background color
Panel with #64cfd4 background
background-color: #64cfd4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #64cfd4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(100, 207, 212, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(100, 207, 212, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #64cfd4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #64cfd4, #6484D4);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #64cfd4, #6468D4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #64cfd4;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #64cfd4;
caret-color: #64cfd4;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #64cfd4;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBF9F9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #64cfd4;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#64cfd4 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #64cfd4 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(100, 207, 212, 0.5)
rgb(100 207 212 / 50%)
#64cfd480
hsl(183 57% 61% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #64cfd4 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#64cfd41a#F0FAFB
20%#64cfd433#E0F5F6
40%#64cfd466#C1ECEE
60%#64cfd499#A2E2E5
80%#64cfd4cc#83D9DD

Gradients from #64cfd4

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #94DEE1, #64cfd4 45%, #1C6164);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #64cfd4, #4C67CD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #64cfd4, #D46964);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ACE5E8 0%, #64cfd4 45%, #1C6164 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAFA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #8CDFB2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7C9FDB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1C6164 0%, transparent 65%), #64cfd4;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #64cfd4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#64cfd4 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 11.42:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#64cfd4, answered

What color is #64cfd4?

#64cfd4 is a balanced vivid cyan, closest to Dark Turquoise (ΔE2000 4.5). It sits at 183° on the hue wheel with 57% saturation and 61% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #64cfd4?

rgb(100, 207, 212) — 100 red, 207 green and 212 blue out of 255, or 39.2% / 81.2% / 83.1% by channel.

What is #64cfd4 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(183, 57%, 61%) and hsv(183, 53%, 83%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #64cfd4 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5209 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 11.42:1.

Should I use black or white text on #64cfd4?

Black. It scores 11.42:1 against #64cfd4, versus 1.84:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #64cfd4 accessible on a white background?

#64cfd4 on white scores 1.84:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #258085 to reach 4.5:1, or #1C6165 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #64cfd4?

#D46964 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D46497 and #D4A164, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #64cfd4?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EBED for borders, #4B979B for secondary text, #D86079 as an accent and #1C6164 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #64D4A1 and #6497D4 stays calm, while #D46964 is the loudest partner.

What is #64cfd4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(53%, 2%, 0%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #64cfd4 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 89 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #64D4B0; nudged cooler, #62ADD6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #64cfd4?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 10.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #64cfd4 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #64cfd4 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#64cfd4] or text-[#64cfd4], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #64cfd4 with 50% opacity?

rgba(100, 207, 212, 0.5), or #64cfd480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B2E7EA; over black, #32686A.

Is #64cfd4 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CCCC, ΔE2000 2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #64cfd4 mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #64cfd4?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #94DEE1, #64cfd4 45%, #1C6164). For more colour, a short hue run to #4C67CD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #64cfd4 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #64cfd4 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.