Teal

#14788d

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

Teal is a deep teal, weighty between blue and green. 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 #14788d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#14788d

RGB20, 120, 141

HSL190, 75%, 32%

HSV190, 86%, 55%

CMYK86%, 15%, 0%, 45%

Lab46.32, -19.09, -19.08

XYZ11.81, 15.5, 27.57

Decimal1341581

Web safe#006699

Pantone633 C

Shades of teal

#126e82 #116576 #0f5b6b #0e515f #0c4754 #0a3e48 #09343d #072a32 #052126 #04171b

Tints of teal

#1891aa #1ca9c7 #24bfe0 #41c8e4 #5ed0e8 #7bd9ec #98e1f0 #b5eaf5 #d2f2f9 #effafd

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#8d2914 Analogous#148d65 Analogous#143c8d Triadic#8d1478 Triadic#788d14 Split complementary#8d143c Split complementary#8d6514

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 86, 15, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #14788d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

86 15 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

83 18 4 51

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 #14788d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #14788d; }
.text { color: #14788d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #14788d; }

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 #14788d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #14788d 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 #14788d 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 #14788d 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 #14788d is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.