Teal

#557979

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

Teal lands where green meets blue, deep and muted. 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 #557979, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#557979

RGB85, 121, 121

HSL180, 17%, 40%

HSV180, 30%, 47%

CMYK30%, 0%, 0%, 53%

Lab48.24, -12.63, -4.1

XYZ14.03, 16.99, 20.63

Decimal5601657

Web safe#666666

Pantone5487 C

Shades of teal

#4e6f6f #476464 #3f5a5a #385050 #314545 #2a3b3b #223131 #1b2727 #141c1c #0d1212

Tints of teal

#618a8a #6e9999 #7fa5a5 #90b1b1 #a0bdbd #b1c8c8 #c2d4d4 #d3e0e0 #e4ecec #f5f8f8

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#795555 Analogous#557967 Analogous#556779 Triadic#795579 Triadic#797955 Split complementary#795567 Split complementary#796755

Teal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 30, 0, 0, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #557979 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 0 0 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 4 4 59

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 #557979 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #557979; }
.text { color: #557979; }
.border { border: 2px solid #557979; }

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 #557979 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #557979 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 #557979 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 #557979 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

Here is how the numbers for #557979 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.