Deep teal

#255d4e

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

Deep teal lands where green meets blue, deep and soft. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Deep teal color values

Every conversion for #255d4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#255d4e
RGB37, 93, 78
HSL164, 43%, 25%
HSV164, 60%, 36%
CMYK60%, 0%, 16%, 64%
Lab35.54, -22.5, 3.11
XYZ6.05, 8.77, 8.58
Decimal2448718
Web safe#336666
Pantone561 C
Pantone561 CHex#255d4eRgb37 93 78Cmyk60 0 16 64Lab36 -22 3Darker#112c25Deep#1d493dLighter#3e8c77

Shades of deep teal

Tints of deep teal

Colors that go with deep teal

Deep 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 60, 0, 16, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #255d4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
60 0 16 64
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
59 4 19 70
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.

Deep teal in css

Copy #255d4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #255d4e; }
.text { color: #255d4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #255d4e; }

How deep teal looks on light and dark

Deep teal and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #255d4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
7.62:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.75:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #255d4e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep teal on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #255d4e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep 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 deep teal into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #255d4e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from deep teal, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #255d4e 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.