Teal

#166261

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

Teal is a deep teal, serious 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 #166261, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#166261

RGB22, 98, 97

HSL179, 63%, 24%

HSV179, 78%, 38%

CMYK78%, 0%, 1%, 62%

Lab37.42, -22.14, -5.95

XYZ6.86, 9.77, 12.83

Decimal1466977

Web safe#006666

Pantone323 C

Shades of teal

#145b5a #135353 #114c4b #0f4544 #0e3d3d #0c3636 #0b2f2e #092827 #072020 #061919

Tints of teal

#1d807f #249f9d #2abdbb #3ad3d1 #58dad8 #77e0df #95e7e6 #b4eeed #d2f5f4 #f0fcfc

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#621617 Analogous#16623b Analogous#163d62 Triadic#611662 Triadic#626116 Split complementary#62163d Split complementary#623b16

Teal in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 78, 0, 1, 62.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #166261 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 0 1 62

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 4 5 68

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 #166261 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #166261; }
.text { color: #166261; }
.border { border: 2px solid #166261; }

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 #166261 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #166261 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 #166261 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 #166261 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

Here is how the numbers for #166261 are worked out. 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.