Teal

#3b8383

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

This is Teal, a soft teal at 180 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 #3b8383, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b8383

RGB59, 131, 131

HSL180, 38%, 37%

HSV180, 55%, 51%

CMYK55%, 0%, 0%, 49%

Lab50.45, -22.28, -6.84

XYZ14.02, 18.8, 24.36

Decimal3900291

Web safe#339999

Pantone321 C

Shades of teal

#367878 #316d6d #2c6262 #275757 #224c4c #1d4141 #183636 #132b2b #0e2020 #0a1515

Tints of teal

#449898 #4eadad #61b8b8 #76c1c1 #8bcbcb #9fd4d4 #b4dddd #c9e7e7 #def0f0 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#833b3b Analogous#3b835f Analogous#3b5f83 Triadic#833b83 Triadic#83833b Split complementary#833b5f Split complementary#835f3b

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 55, 0, 0, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b8383 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 0 0 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 4 4 55

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 #3b8383 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b8383; }
.text { color: #3b8383; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b8383; }

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 #3b8383 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b8383 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 #3b8383 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 #3b8383 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 #3b8383 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.