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cyan · cool

#92efdf

a light, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Turquoise

Token name suggestion: Meadow Teal

RGB
146, 239, 223
HSL
170°, 74%, 76%
CMYK
39, 0, 7, 6
Luminance
0.7317

#92efdf is a light vivid cyan, 170° on the wheel and 83/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.63:1). As text it scores 1.34:1 on white — use #138370 instead. Nearest name is Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(170 74% 76%)rgb(146 239 223)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #92efdf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#92efdf
Hue
170°
cyan
Saturation
74%
vivid
Lightness
76%
light
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7317
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
83/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.63:1
Closest name
Turquoise
ΔE2000 6.9
Chroma
31.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.890
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 15.5
Web-safe
#99FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue170° of 360°
Saturation74%
Lightness76%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #92efdf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool83% 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
Red8%
Green84%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#92efdf
HEX (8-digit)#92efdfff
RGBrgb(146, 239, 223)
RGBArgba(146, 239, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(170, 74%, 76%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 39%, 94%)
HWBhwb(170 57% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(39%, 0%, 7%, 6%)
LABlab(88.5 -31.3 -1.0)
LCHlch(88.5 31.3 181.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.890 0.092 181.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(56.03, 73.17, 80.97)
Decimal9629663
Display P3color(display-p3 0.573 0.937 0.875)
Web-safe#99FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #92efdf;
background-color: #92efdf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #92efdf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#92efdf] bg-[#92efdf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #92efdf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.573, green: 0.937, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.573, green: 0.937, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#92EFDF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF92EFDF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF92EFDF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 239, 146)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(146, 239, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(146, 239, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 146, 239, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5725f, 0.9373f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{146,239,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #92efdf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #92efdf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#106F5F, #D3EEE9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #92efdf 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: #F3FCFA;
  --brand-100: #E7F9F6;
  --brand-200: #C8F4EC;
  --brand-300: #92efdf;
  --brand-400: #6CE9D4;
  --brand-500: #3BE2C6;
  --brand-600: #1FD5B6;
  --brand-700: #1AB298;
  --brand-800: #158E79;
  --brand-900: #136759;
  --brand-950: #0C4037;
  --brand: #92efdf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C0EDE5;
  --brand-hover: #73EAD6;
  --brand-pressed: #54E6CD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142422;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCFA',
        100: '#E7F9F6',
        200: '#C8F4EC',
        300: '#92efdf',
        400: '#6CE9D4',
        500: '#3BE2C6',
        600: '#1FD5B6',
        700: '#1AB298',
        800: '#158E79',
        900: '#136759',
        950: '#0C4037',
        DEFAULT: '#92efdf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCFA,
  '100': #E7F9F6,
  '200': #C8F4EC,
  '300': #92efdf,
  '400': #6CE9D4,
  '500': #3BE2C6,
  '600': #1FD5B6,
  '700': #1AB298,
  '800': #158E79,
  '900': #136759,
  '950': #0C4037,
);
$brand-base: #92efdf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCFA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C8F4EC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#92efdf", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6CE9D4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3BE2C6", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1FD5B6", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1AB298", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#158E79", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#136759", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0C4037", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #92efdf · 15.63:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.34:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.63:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #92efdf as text scores 1.34:1 on white and 15.63:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #106F5F at 4.52:1.

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
#138370 · 4.66:1
AA on white−46% L
#138370
The quick fox
#0F6455 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−53% L
#0F6455
The quick fox
#92efdf · 15.63:1
AA on blackalready passes
#92efdf
The quick fox
#92efdf · 15.63:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#92efdf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #18A78E 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
#92efdf on white: 1.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#92efdf on black: 15.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #92efdf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #92efdf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.34:1AaAa
Slate 501.28:1AaAa
Slate 1001.23:1AaAa
Slate 2001.09:1AaAa
Slate 3001.11:1AaAa
Slate 4001.91:1AaAa
Slate 5003.54:1AaAa
Slate 6005.64:1AaAa
Slate 7007.71:1AaAa
Slate 80010.89:1AaAa
Slate 90013.29:1AaAa
Black15.63:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E7E5DE
deuteranopia · #D7D9E0
tritanopia · #70F2EA

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. #92efdf is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3FCFA
#E7F9F6
#C8F4EC
#92efdf
#6CE9D4
#3BE2C6
#1FD5B6
#1AB298
#158E79
#136759
#0C4037
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F3FCFADarkest = 950 · #0C4037Text step on white = 900
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 0.023 181.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.037 181.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.055 181.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.072 181.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.085 181.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.092 181.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.092 181.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.087 181.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.077 181.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.064 181.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.051 181.9);
}

Colors that work with #92efdf

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#C0EDE5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B8D
Captions on the surface
Accent#B71559
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#106F5F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FCF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142422
Dark-mode background
Hover#73EAD6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#54E6CD
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9FF7E8
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 #92efdf

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 #106F5F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #18A78E

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
  • Weight25/100
  • 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#EF92A2
Analogous left#92EFB1
Analogous right#92D0EF
Split-complement 1#EF92D0
Split-complement 2#EFB192
Triadic 1#DF92EF
Triadic 2#EFDF92
Tetradic#B192EF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°170°

#92efdf sits at 170°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.3%
Green93.7%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
146
0x92
G · 0–255
239
0xef
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan38.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow6.7%
Key (black)6.3%

Total ink coverage is 52%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#92efdf text on a black background

contrast 15.63:1

Card sample

#92efdf text on a white background

contrast 1.34:1

Card sample

#92efdf on grey

1.23:1

#92efdf on its own surface

1.27:1

#92efdf on its dark surface

11.98:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #92efdf;
Background color
Panel with #92efdf background
background-color: #92efdf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #92efdf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(146, 239, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(146, 239, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #92efdf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #92efdf, #92C1EF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #92efdf, #92AAEF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #92efdf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #92efdf;
caret-color: #92efdf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #92efdf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FCF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #92efdf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#92efdf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #92efdf 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(146, 239, 223, 0.5)
rgb(146 239 223 / 50%)
#92efdf80
hsl(170 74% 76% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #92efdf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#92efdf1a#F4FDFC
20%#92efdf33#E9FCF9
40%#92efdf66#D3F9F2
60%#92efdf99#BEF5EC
80%#92efdfcc#A8F2E5

Gradients from #92efdf

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, #C7F7EF, #92efdf 45%, #106F5F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #92efdf, #77A8EB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #92efdf, #EF92A2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E2FBF7 0%, #92efdf 45%, #106F5F 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%, #BFF6CC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ADD6F3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #106F5F 0%, transparent 65%), #92efdf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #92efdf

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.

#92efdf 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 15.63:1.

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.

#92efdf, answered

What color is #92efdf?

#92efdf is a light vivid cyan, closest to Turquoise (ΔE2000 6.9). It sits at 170° on the hue wheel with 74% saturation and 76% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #92efdf?

rgb(146, 239, 223) — 146 red, 239 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 57.3% / 93.7% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #92efdf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(170, 74%, 76%) and hsv(170, 39%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #92efdf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7317 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 15.63:1.

Should I use black or white text on #92efdf?

Black. It scores 15.63:1 against #92efdf, versus 1.34:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #92efdf accessible on a white background?

#92efdf on white scores 1.34:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #138370 to reach 4.5:1, or #0F6455 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #92efdf?

#EF92A2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #EF92D0 and #EFB192, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #92efdf?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C0EDE5 for borders, #4B9B8D for secondary text, #B71559 as an accent and #106F5F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #92EFB1 and #92D0EF stays calm, while #EF92A2 is the loudest partner.

What is #92efdf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(39%, 0%, 7%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #92efdf warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 83 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #92EFBD; nudged cooler, #91DEF0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #92efdf?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 15.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #92efdf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #92efdf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#92efdf] or text-[#92efdf], 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 #92efdf with 50% opacity?

rgba(146, 239, 223, 0.5), or #92efdf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C9F7EF; over black, #497870.

Is #92efdf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99FFCC, ΔE2000 10.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #92efdf 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 #92efdf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C7F7EF, #92efdf 45%, #106F5F). For more colour, a short hue run to #77A8EB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #92efdf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #92efdf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.