Teal

#166d7e

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Teal color values

Every conversion for #166d7e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#166d7e

RGB22, 109, 126

HSL190, 70%, 29%

HSV190, 83%, 49%

CMYK83%, 13%, 0%, 51%

Lab42.18, -18.19, -16.46

XYZ9.57, 12.61, 21.67

Decimal1469822

Web safe#006666

Pantone315 C

Shades of teal

#146474 #135c6a #115360 #0f4a56 #0d424c #0c3942 #0a3038 #08282e #061f24 #05171a

Tints of teal

#1b869b #20a0b9 #25b9d6 #40c4de #5dcde3 #7bd6e8 #98dfed #b5e8f2 #d3f1f7 #f0fafc

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#7e2716 Analogous#167e5b Analogous#16397e Triadic#7e166d Triadic#6d7e16 Split complementary#7e1639 Split complementary#7e5b16

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 83, 13, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #166d7e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 13 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 16 4 57

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 #166d7e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #166d7e; }
.text { color: #166d7e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #166d7e; }

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 #166d7e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #166d7e 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 #166d7e 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 #166d7e 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 #166d7e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.