Teal

#12856f

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 strong. 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 #12856f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#12856f

RGB18, 133, 111

HSL169, 76%, 30%

HSV169, 86%, 52%

CMYK86%, 0%, 17%, 48%

Lab49.56, -35.23, 3.44

XYZ11.51, 18.05, 17.92

Decimal1213807

Web safe#009966

Pantone569 C

Shades of teal

#117a66 #0f705d #0e6554 #0c5b4c #0b5043 #09453a #083b31 #073028 #05261f #041b16

Tints of teal

#16a388 #1ac1a1 #1edfba #3be4c4 #59e9cd #77edd6 #95f1df #b3f5e8 #d1f9f1 #effdfa

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#851228 Analogous#128536 Analogous#126285 Triadic#6f1285 Triadic#856f12 Split complementary#851262 Split complementary#853612

Teal in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 86, 0, 17, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #12856f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

86 0 17 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

83 4 20 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 #12856f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #12856f; }
.text { color: #12856f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #12856f; }

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 #12856f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #12856f 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 #12856f 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 #12856f 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

Every value on this page for #12856f is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.