Teal

#16778f

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

This is Teal, a strong teal at 192 degrees. 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 #16778f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#16778f

RGB22, 119, 143

HSL192, 73%, 32%

HSV192, 85%, 56%

CMYK85%, 17%, 0%, 44%

Lab46.11, -17.67, -20.59

XYZ11.89, 15.35, 28.32

Decimal1472399

Web safe#006699

Pantone633 C

Shades of teal

#146d83 #126478 #115a6c #0f5060 #0d4755 #0b3d49 #09333d #082932 #062026 #04161b

Tints of teal

#1a8fab #1fa6c8 #29bade #45c3e2 #62cce7 #7ed6eb #9adff0 #b7e8f4 #d3f1f8 #f0fafd

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#8f2e16 Analogous#168f6b Analogous#163a8f Triadic#8f1677 Triadic#778f16 Split complementary#8f163a Split complementary#8f6b16

Teal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 85, 17, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #16778f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 17 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 20 4 50

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 #16778f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #16778f; }
.text { color: #16778f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #16778f; }

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 #16778f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #16778f 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 #16778f 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 #16778f 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 #16778f 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.