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Dark Teal

Chen Rui Teal & Aqua cool

Chen Rui 50 Dark Teal is a deep vivid teal alcohol marker in the Teal & Aqua family. It sits in the darker value range, making it well-suited for tropical water, turquoise, sea glass. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Teal & Aqua family Cool temperature 24% lightness
Tropical waterTurquoiseSea glassAqua accentsOcean
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Dark Teal
Color Family
Teal & Aqua
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
24%
Saturation
87%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Teal & Aqua family — layer from shadow to highlight for smooth gradients.

Shadow Side
52
Darkest Teal L14%
51
Darker Teal L18%
Current Marker
50
Dark Teal L24%
Highlight Side
49
Deep Teal L29%
48
Teal L36%

Works Well With

Highlights
48
Teal
+12 lightness
47
Medium Aqua
+21 lightness
46
Aqua
+31 lightness
56
Aqua Blue
+37 lightness
Analogous Colors
56
Aqua Blue
16° hue shift
CG6
Cool Gray 6
20° hue shift
CG3
Cool Gray 3
22° hue shift
CG4
Cool Gray 4
22° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

GG3
Green Gray 3
opposite hue
0
Colorless Blender
opposite hue
3
Neutral Black
opposite hue
102
Salmon Red
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 50 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🕹 Neon Arcade
CRT cabinets pulsing magenta and cyan onto a carpet you can't see in the dark.
Environment
🐠 Aquarium Glow
Deep blue tank. Teal light column. Something moves in dark.
Lighting
🔮 Blacklight
UV club lighting swallowing the edges of the room — only the white shirts survive.
Lighting
🦑 Bioluminescent
Deep-sea black around a cyan creature lighting itself for no audience.
Lighting
♏ Scorpio Depths
Crimson that burns like deep water — what lives at the bottom doesn't need light to know what it wants.
Zodiac
♒ Aquarius Signal
Electric blue poured from a vessel nobody invented yet — the frequency you keep finding between stations.
Zodiac
⛪ Cathedral Glass
Jewel light fractured through lead — purple, teal, and amber pooling on cold stone.
Gothic
🛼 90s Roller Rink
Blacklight teal and magenta on purple — the disco ball still spins above the rental skates.
Nostalgia

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Darker Teal
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Pale Aqua
pale teal
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Very Light Aqua
pale teal
#A0E8E0
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Light Aqua
light teal
#78D8D0
46
Aqua
mid teal
#50C8C0
47
Medium Aqua
mid teal
#30B8B0
48
Teal
dark vivid teal
#18A0A0

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