Teal

#3c838c

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Teal color values

Every conversion for #3c838c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3c838c

RGB60, 131, 140

HSL187, 40%, 39%

HSV187, 57%, 55%

CMYK57%, 6%, 0%, 45%

Lab50.79, -19.41, -11.6

XYZ14.71, 19.09, 27.72

Decimal3965836

Web safe#339999

Pantone3145 C

Shades of teal

#377880 #326d74 #2d6268 #28575d #234c51 #1e4045 #183539 #132a2d #0e1f21 #091415

Tints of teal

#4596a0 #4fa8b4 #63b2bc #78bcc5 #8cc6ce #a1d1d7 #b5dbdf #cae5e8 #deeff1 #f3f9fa

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#8c453c Analogous#3c8c6d Analogous#3c5b8c Triadic#8c3c83 Triadic#838c3c Split complementary#8c3c5b Split complementary#8c6d3c

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 57, 6, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3c838c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 6 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 10 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 #3c838c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3c838c; }
.text { color: #3c838c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3c838c; }

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 #3c838c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3c838c 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 #3c838c 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 #3c838c 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 #3c838c 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.