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cyan · cool

#71ddbd

a light, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Linen Glacier

RGB
113, 221, 189
HSL
162°, 61%, 66%
CMYK
49, 0, 15, 13
Luminance
0.5890

#71ddbd is a light vivid cyan, 162° on the wheel and 80/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.78:1). As text it scores 1.64:1 on white — use #208668 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(162 61% 66%)rgb(113 221 189)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #71ddbd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#71ddbd
Hue
162°
cyan
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
66%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5890
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.78:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 4.1
Chroma
39.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.824
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 11.4
Web-safe
#66CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue162° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness66%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #71ddbd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% 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
Red6%
Green88%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#71ddbd
HEX (8-digit)#71ddbdff
RGBrgb(113, 221, 189)
RGBArgba(113, 221, 189, 1)
HSLhsl(162, 61%, 66%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162, 49%, 87%)
HWBhwb(162 44% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(49%, 0%, 15%, 13%)
LABlab(81.2 -38.7 6.2)
LCHlch(81.2 39.2 170.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.824 0.111 171.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(41.85, 58.89, 57.30)
Decimal7462333
Display P3color(display-p3 0.443 0.867 0.741)
Web-safe#66CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #71ddbd;
background-color: #71ddbd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #71ddbd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#71ddbd] bg-[#71ddbd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #71ddbd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.443, green: 0.867, blue: 0.741)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.443, green: 0.867, blue: 0.741, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#71DDBD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF71DDBD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF71DDBD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(189, 221, 113)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(113, 221, 189)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(113, 221, 189)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 113, 221, 189)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4431f, 0.8667f, 0.7412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{113,221,189}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #71ddbd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #71ddbd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#196750, #D3EEE6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #71ddbd 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: #F4FBF9;
  --brand-100: #E8F7F3;
  --brand-200: #CCF0E5;
  --brand-300: #A4E9D5;
  --brand-400: #71ddbd;
  --brand-500: #4AD4AB;
  --brand-600: #2FC699;
  --brand-700: #27A57F;
  --brand-800: #1F8466;
  --brand-900: #1B604B;
  --brand-950: #113C2F;
  --brand: #71ddbd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C0EDDF;
  --brand-hover: #54D6B0;
  --brand-pressed: #37CFA2;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241F;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF9',
        100: '#E8F7F3',
        200: '#CCF0E5',
        300: '#A4E9D5',
        400: '#71ddbd',
        500: '#4AD4AB',
        600: '#2FC699',
        700: '#27A57F',
        800: '#1F8466',
        900: '#1B604B',
        950: '#113C2F',
        DEFAULT: '#71ddbd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF9,
  '100': #E8F7F3,
  '200': #CCF0E5,
  '300': #A4E9D5,
  '400': #71ddbd,
  '500': #4AD4AB,
  '600': #2FC699,
  '700': #27A57F,
  '800': #1F8466,
  '900': #1B604B,
  '950': #113C2F,
);
$brand-base: #71ddbd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F7F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CCF0E5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A4E9D5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#71ddbd", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#4AD4AB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2FC699", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#27A57F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1F8466", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1B604B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#113C2F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #71ddbd · 12.78:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.64:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.78:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #71ddbd as text scores 1.64:1 on white and 12.78:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #196750 at 4.13:1.

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
#208668 · 4.50:1
AA on white−33% L
#208668
The quick fox
#17614B · 7.37:1
AAA on white−42% L
#17614B
The quick fox
#71ddbd · 12.78:1
AA on blackalready passes
#71ddbd
The quick fox
#71ddbd · 12.78:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#71ddbd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #28A781 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
#71ddbd on white: 1.64:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#71ddbd on black: 12.78:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #71ddbd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #71ddbd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.64:1AaAa
Slate 501.57:1AaAa
Slate 1001.50:1AaAa
Slate 2001.33:1AaAa
Slate 3001.11:1AaAa
Slate 4001.56:1AaAa
Slate 5002.90:1AaAa
Slate 6004.61:1AaAa
Slate 7006.30:1AaAa
Slate 8008.90:1AaAa
Slate 90010.86:1AaAa
Black12.78:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D7D1BC
deuteranopia · #C6C5BF
tritanopia · #46DFD4

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. #71ddbd is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FBF9
#E8F7F3
#CCF0E5
#A4E9D5
#71ddbd
#4AD4AB
#2FC699
#27A57F
#1F8466
#1B604B
#113C2F
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF9Darkest = 950 · #113C2FText 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 0.028 171.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 171.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.067 171.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.087 171.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.102 171.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.111 171.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.111 171.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.104 171.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.093 171.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.078 171.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.061 171.9);
}

Colors that work with #71ddbd

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#F4FAF9
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B83
Captions on the surface
Accent#A9236C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#196750
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFAF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241F
Dark-mode background
Hover#54D6B0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#37CFA2
Two steps down
Disabled#D8E6E2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7AE9C8
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 #71ddbd

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
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • 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 #196750
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #28A781

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 lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#DD7191
Analogous left#71DD87
Analogous right#71C7DD
Split-complement 1#DD71C7
Split-complement 2#DD8771
Triadic 1#BD71DD
Triadic 2#DDBD71
Tetradic#8771DD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°162°

#71ddbd sits at 162°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red44.3%
Green86.7%
Blue74.1%
R · 0–255
113
0x71
G · 0–255
221
0xdd
B · 0–255
189
0xbd

CMYK percentages

Cyan48.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow14.5%
Key (black)13.3%

Total ink coverage is 77%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#71ddbd text on a black background

contrast 12.78:1

Card sample

#71ddbd text on a white background

contrast 1.64:1

Card sample

#71ddbd on grey

1.50:1

#71ddbd on its own surface

1.56:1

#71ddbd on its dark surface

9.82:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #71ddbd;
Background color
Panel with #71ddbd background
background-color: #71ddbd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #71ddbd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(113, 221, 189, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(113, 221, 189, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #71ddbd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #71ddbd, #71B5DD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #71ddbd, #719ADD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #71ddbd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #71ddbd;
caret-color: #71ddbd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #71ddbd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFAF5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #71ddbd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#71ddbd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #71ddbd 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(113, 221, 189, 0.5)
rgb(113 221 189 / 50%)
#71ddbd80
hsl(162 61% 66% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #71ddbd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#71ddbd1a#F1FCF8
20%#71ddbd33#E3F8F2
40%#71ddbd66#C6F1E5
60%#71ddbd99#AAEBD7
80%#71ddbdcc#8DE4CA

Gradients from #71ddbd

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, #A2E9D4, #71ddbd 45%, #196750);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #71ddbd, #589ED7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #71ddbd, #DD7191);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BBEFDF 0%, #71ddbd 45%, #196750 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #9AE7A3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8AC9E3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #196750 0%, transparent 65%), #71ddbd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #71ddbd

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.

#71ddbd 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
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
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 12.78:1.

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.

#71ddbd, answered

What color is #71ddbd?

#71ddbd is a light vivid cyan, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 4.1). It sits at 162° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #71ddbd?

rgb(113, 221, 189) — 113 red, 221 green and 189 blue out of 255, or 44.3% / 86.7% / 74.1% by channel.

What is #71ddbd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(162, 61%, 66%) and hsv(162, 49%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #71ddbd a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5890 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 12.78:1.

Should I use black or white text on #71ddbd?

Black. It scores 12.78:1 against #71ddbd, versus 1.64:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #71ddbd accessible on a white background?

#71ddbd on white scores 1.64:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #208668 to reach 4.5:1, or #17614B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #71ddbd?

#DD7191 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DD71C7 and #DD8771, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #71ddbd?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C0EDDF for borders, #4B9B83 for secondary text, #A9236C as an accent and #196750 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #71DD87 and #71C7DD stays calm, while #DD7191 is the loudest partner.

What is #71ddbd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(49%, 0%, 15%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #71ddbd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #71DD95; nudged cooler, #6FD7DF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #71ddbd?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 11.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #71ddbd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #71ddbd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#71ddbd] or text-[#71ddbd], 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 #71ddbd with 50% opacity?

rgba(113, 221, 189, 0.5), or #71ddbd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B8EEDE; over black, #396F5F.

Is #71ddbd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CCCC, ΔE2000 11.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #71ddbd 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 #71ddbd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A2E9D4, #71ddbd 45%, #196750). For more colour, a short hue run to #589ED7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #71ddbd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #71ddbd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.