Teal

#3b798c

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

Teal is a deep teal, rich between blue and green. 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 #3b798c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b798c

RGB59, 121, 140

HSL194, 41%, 39%

HSV194, 58%, 55%

CMYK58%, 14%, 0%, 45%

Lab47.62, -14.16, -16.41

XYZ13.37, 16.5, 27.29

Decimal3897740

Web safe#336699

Pantone633 C

Shades of teal

#366f80 #316574 #2c5a68 #27505d #224651 #1d3c45 #183139 #13272d #0e1d21 #091316

Tints of teal

#448ba1 #4d9cb4 #62a8bd #77b3c6 #8bbfce #a0cad7 #b5d6e0 #c9e1e8 #deedf1 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#8c4e3b Analogous#3b8c77 Analogous#3b508c Triadic#8c3b79 Triadic#798c3b Split complementary#8c3b50 Split complementary#8c773b

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 58, 14, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b798c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 14 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 17 4 51

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 #3b798c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b798c; }
.text { color: #3b798c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b798c; }

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 #3b798c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b798c 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 #3b798c 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 #3b798c 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 #3b798c 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.