Teal

#186b6b

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 180 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 #186b6b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#186b6b

RGB24, 107, 107

HSL180, 63%, 26%

HSV180, 78%, 42%

CMYK78%, 0%, 0%, 58%

Lab40.85, -23.32, -6.96

XYZ8.29, 11.77, 15.75

Decimal1600363

Web safe#006666

Pantone323 C

Shades of teal

#166363 #145b5b #125252 #114a4a #0f4242 #0d3a3a #0b3232 #092929 #072121 #061919

Tints of teal

#1f8888 #25a6a6 #2cc3c3 #3fd4d4 #5ddbdb #7ae1e1 #98e8e8 #b5eeee #d3f5f5 #f0fcfc

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#6b1818 Analogous#186b42 Analogous#18416b Triadic#6b186b Triadic#6b6b18 Split complementary#6b1842 Split complementary#6b4218

Teal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 78, 0, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #186b6b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 0 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 4 4 64

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Teal in css

Copy #186b6b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #186b6b; }
.text { color: #186b6b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #186b6b; }

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 #186b6b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #186b6b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Teal on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #186b6b 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn teal into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #186b6b 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 #186b6b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.