Teal

#09686d

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

Teal lands where green meets blue, deep and vivid. 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 #09686d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#09686d

RGB9, 104, 109

HSL183, 85%, 23%

HSV183, 92%, 43%

CMYK92%, 5%, 0%, 57%

Lab39.69, -22.53, -9.95

XYZ7.82, 11.06, 16.19

Decimal616557

Web safe#006666

Pantone3155 C

Shades of teal

#086065 #08595d #075155 #06494d #064145 #053a3d #043234 #042a2c #032324 #021b1c

Tints of teal

#0c8990 #0faab2 #12cbd5 #1fe2ed #42e7ef #64ebf2 #87f0f5 #a9f4f8 #ccf8fb #effdfe

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#6d0e09 Analogous#096d40 Analogous#09366d Triadic#6d0968 Triadic#686d09 Split complementary#6d0936 Split complementary#6d4009

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 92, 5, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #09686d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

92 5 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

89 9 4 63

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #09686d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #09686d; }
.text { color: #09686d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #09686d; }

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 #09686d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #09686d 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 #09686d 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 #09686d 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 #09686d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.