Teal

#456d6d

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

This is Teal, a muted teal at 180 degrees. 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 #456d6d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#456d6d

RGB69, 109, 109

HSL180, 22%, 35%

HSV180, 37%, 43%

CMYK37%, 0%, 0%, 57%

Lab43.22, -13.97, -4.46

XYZ10.68, 13.31, 16.47

Decimal4549997

Web safe#336666

Pantone5473 C

Shades of teal

#3f6464 #3a5b5b #345252 #2e4949 #284040 #233737 #1d2e2e #172525 #121c1c #0c1313

Tints of teal

#518080 #5d9393 #6da3a3 #81afaf #94bbbb #a7c7c7 #bad4d4 #cee0e0 #e1ecec #f4f8f8

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#6d4545 Analogous#456d59 Analogous#45596d Triadic#6d456d Triadic#6d6d45 Split complementary#6d4559 Split complementary#6d5945

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 37, 0, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #456d6d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 0 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 4 4 63

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 #456d6d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #456d6d; }
.text { color: #456d6d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #456d6d; }

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 #456d6d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #456d6d 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 #456d6d 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 #456d6d 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

Every value on this page for #456d6d is computed, not guessed. 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.