Teal

#266a66

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

Teal is a deep teal, weighty 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 #266a66, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#266a66

RGB38, 106, 102

HSL176, 47%, 28%

HSV176, 64%, 42%

CMYK64%, 0%, 4%, 58%

Lab40.7, -22.12, -4.1

XYZ8.35, 11.68, 14.38

Decimal2517606

Web safe#336666

Pantone323 C

Shades of teal

#23625e #205956 #1d514e #1a4946 #17403e #143836 #11302e #0e2726 #0b1f1e #081716

Tints of teal

#2f847f #389d97 #42b7b0 #58c3bd #72ccc7 #8bd6d1 #a5dfdb #bfe8e5 #d8f1f0 #f2fafa

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#6a262a Analogous#266a44 Analogous#264c6a Triadic#66266a Triadic#6a6626 Split complementary#6a264c Split complementary#6a4426

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 64, 0, 4, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #266a66 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 0 4 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 4 8 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Teal in css

Copy #266a66 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #266a66; }
.text { color: #266a66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #266a66; }

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 #266a66 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #266a66 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 #266a66 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 #266a66 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 #266a66 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. 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.