Teal

#277985

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 188 degrees. 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 #277985, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#277985

RGB39, 121, 133

HSL188, 55%, 34%

HSV188, 71%, 52%

CMYK71%, 9%, 0%, 48%

Lab46.71, -20.12, -13.71

XYZ11.91, 15.8, 24.61

Decimal2587013

Web safe#336699

Pantone3145 C

Shades of teal

#246f7a #21656f #1d5b64 #1a5159 #17474e #143d43 #113338 #0d292e #0a1f23 #071618

Tints of teal

#2e909e #36a6b7 #44b7c8 #5dc1cf #75cad7 #8ed4de #a7dde5 #c0e7ec #d8f0f4 #f1fafb

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#853327 Analogous#278562 Analogous#274a85 Triadic#852779 Triadic#798527 Split complementary#85274a Split complementary#856227

Teal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 71, 9, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #277985 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 9 0 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 12 4 54

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 #277985 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #277985; }
.text { color: #277985; }
.border { border: 2px solid #277985; }

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 #277985 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #277985 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 #277985 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 #277985 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 #277985 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.