Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Peacock Teal

Peacock Teal is a balanced cyan color with HEX #00827F. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 0, 130, 127, HSL 179, 100%, 25%, cool temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#00827F cyan cool balanced
HEX #00827F
RGB rgb(0, 130, 127)
HSL hsl(179 100% 25%)
CMYK cmyk(100, 0, 2, 49)
Luminance 0.175
Contrast Black 4.5:1White 4.67:1

CSS Utilities

--color-peacock-teal: #00827F;
.bg-peacock-teal { background-color: #00827F; }
.text-peacock-teal { color: #00827F; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.175
Black text4.5:1AA Pass
White text4.67:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    100,
    25
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    0,
    2,
    49
  ],
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "AAA": []
}
Harmonies
{
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  "analogous": [
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    "#004280"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#7D0080",
    "#807D00"
  ],
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    "#800002",
    "#428000"
  ],
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    "#803E00"
  ],
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    "#00DBD8",
    "#00827F",
    "#002423"
  ]
}
Variants
{
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  "dark": "#002423",
  "saturated": "#00807D",
  "desaturated": "#0E7170",
  "pastel": "#13ECE8",
  "neon": "#00A8A5"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#800002",
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    "#004280"
  ],
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  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#00DBD8",
    "#0E7170"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  "hex": "#00827F",
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  ],
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      "life",
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      "organic texture"
    ],
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      "floral design",
      "garden brands",
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      "packaging"
    ],
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  },
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      "#00DBD8"
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      "#F5F5F5",
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      "#FFFFFF"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Peacock Teal Color

Peacock Teal sits in the cyan family with cool temperature and balanced visual character. Peacock Teal is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Peacock Teal is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Cyan color familyBrowse named cyan colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Balanced colorsFind colors with balanced visual character.Peacock Teal accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #00827F.Peacock Teal CSS utilitiesUse Peacock Teal in CSS variables and utility classes.#00827F HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Peacock Teal paletteOpen the generated palette based on Peacock Teal.Peacock Teal harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Peacock Teal against black and white text.

Black text4.5:1AA Pass
White text4.67:1AA Pass
AA text options#000000, #FFFFFF
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Teal#008080
Dark Cyan#008B8B
Pine Green#01796F
Sea Blue#006994
Cerulean#007BA7

Color Harmonies

#800002#800002
#00803E#00803E
#004280#004280
#7D0080#7D0080
#807D00#807D00
Open full Peacock Teal harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#00DBD8#00DBD8
#002423#002423
#00807D#00807D
#0E7170#0E7170
#13ECE8#13ECE8
#00A8A5#00A8A5

Pairings

Black#000000
#800002#800002
#00803E#00803E
#004280#004280
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5