Teal

#048573

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for teal, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Teal, a vivid teal at 172 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Teal color values

Every conversion for #048573, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#048573

RGB4, 133, 115

HSL172, 94%, 27%

HSV172, 97%, 52%

CMYK97%, 0%, 14%, 48%

Lab49.54, -34.98, 1.06

XYZ11.53, 18.04, 19.09

Decimal296307

Web safe#009966

Pantone3288 C

Shades of teal

#047b6a #037061 #036658 #035c4f #025146 #02473d #023d34 #02322c #012823 #011e1a

Tints of teal

#05a791 #06caaf #07eccc #1ff8da #41f9e0 #64fae5 #86fbeb #a9fcf1 #cbfdf6 #eefefc

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#850416 Analogous#048532 Analogous#045785 Triadic#730485 Triadic#857304 Split complementary#850457 Split complementary#853204

Teal in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 97, 0, 14, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #048573 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

97 0 14 48

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

93 4 17 54

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Teal in css

Copy #048573 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #048573; }
.text { color: #048573; }
.border { border: 2px solid #048573; }

How teal looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Teal and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #048573 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #048573 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Teal on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #048573 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around teal? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn teal into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #048573 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from teal, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #048573 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.