Teal

#557e73

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 164 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 #557e73, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#557e73

RGB85, 126, 115

HSL164, 19%, 41%

HSV164, 33%, 49%

CMYK33%, 0%, 9%, 51%

Lab49.61, -16.84, 1.43

XYZ14.3, 18.09, 18.96

Decimal5602931

Web safe#666666

Pantone625 C

Shades of teal

#4e7369 #46685f #3f5e56 #38534c #314842 #293d38 #22332e #1b2824 #141d1b #0c1211

Tints of teal

#608f82 #6e9d91 #7fa99d #90b4aa #a0bfb7 #b1cbc4 #c2d6d1 #d3e1dd #e4ecea #f4f8f7

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#7e5560 Analogous#557e5e Analogous#55757e Triadic#73557e Triadic#7e7355 Split complementary#7e5575 Split complementary#7e5e55

Teal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 33, 0, 9, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #557e73 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 0 9 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 4 12 57

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 #557e73 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #557e73; }
.text { color: #557e73; }
.border { border: 2px solid #557e73; }

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 #557e73 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #557e73 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 #557e73 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 #557e73 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 #557e73 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.