Teal

#697d79

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

Teal lands where green meets blue, mid and grey. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Teal color values

Every conversion for #697d79, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#697d79

RGB105, 125, 121

HSL168, 9%, 45%

HSV168, 16%, 49%

CMYK16%, 0%, 3%, 51%

Lab50.75, -8.16, -0.27

XYZ16.61, 19.05, 20.89

Decimal6913401

Web safe#666666

Pantone5487 C

Shades of teal

#60726f #576764 #4e5c5a #45524f #3b4745 #323c3a #293130 #202625 #171b1b #0e1110

Tints of teal

#758b87 #839793 #92a3a0 #a0afac #aebbb8 #bcc7c5 #cbd3d1 #d9dfde #e7ebea #f5f7f7

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#7d696d Analogous#697d6f Analogous#69777d Triadic#79697d Triadic#7d7969 Split complementary#7d6977 Split complementary#7d6f69

Teal in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 3, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #697d79 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 0 3 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 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 #697d79 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #697d79; }
.text { color: #697d79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #697d79; }

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 #697d79 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #697d79 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 #697d79 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 #697d79 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 #697d79 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.