Teal

#98aaa5

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

Teal is a mid teal, confident between blue and green. 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 #98aaa5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#98aaa5

RGB152, 170, 165

HSL163, 10%, 63%

HSV163, 11%, 67%

CMYK11%, 0%, 3%, 33%

Lab68.12, -7.27, 0.43

XYZ34.12, 38.14, 41.16

Decimal10005157

Web safe#999999

Pantone5497 C

Shades of teal

#889d97 #789089 #6a817a #5d716b #50615c #43514d #35413e #28312e #1b211f #0e1110

Tints of teal

#a1b2ad #abb9b5 #b4c1bd #bdc9c6 #c7d0ce #d0d8d6 #d9e0de #e3e8e6 #ecefee #f5f7f6

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#aa989d Analogous#98aa9c Analogous#98a6aa Triadic#a598aa Triadic#aaa598 Split complementary#aa98a6 Split complementary#aa9c98

Teal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 3, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #98aaa5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 3 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 7 39

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 #98aaa5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #98aaa5; }
.text { color: #98aaa5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #98aaa5; }

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 #98aaa5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #98aaa5 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 #98aaa5 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 #98aaa5 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

The figures for #98aaa5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.