Teal

#687e7a

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

This is Teal, a grey teal at 169 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Teal color values

Every conversion for #687e7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#687e7a

RGB104, 126, 122

HSL169, 10%, 45%

HSV169, 17%, 49%

CMYK17%, 0%, 3%, 51%

Lab51.0, -8.85, -0.5

XYZ16.68, 19.27, 21.25

Decimal6848122

Web safe#666666

Pantone5487 C

Shades of teal

#5f736f #566865 #4d5d5a #445250 #3b4745 #323c3b #293230 #202725 #171c1b #0e1110

Tints of teal

#748c88 #829894 #91a4a0 #9fb0ad #adbcb9 #bcc8c5 #cad3d2 #d8dfde #e7ebea #f5f7f7

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#7e686c Analogous#687e6f Analogous#68777e Triadic#7a687e Triadic#7e7a68 Split complementary#7e6877 Split complementary#7e6f68

Teal in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 17, 0, 3, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #687e7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 0 3 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 4 7 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 #687e7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #687e7a; }
.text { color: #687e7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #687e7a; }

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 #687e7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #687e7a 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 #687e7a 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 #687e7a 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 #687e7a is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.