Teal

#9aada9

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Teal color values

Every conversion for #9aada9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9aada9

RGB154, 173, 169

HSL167, 10%, 64%

HSV167, 11%, 68%

CMYK11%, 0%, 2%, 32%

Lab69.2, -7.39, -0.2

XYZ35.43, 39.62, 43.32

Decimal10137001

Web safe#999999

Pantone5497 C

Shades of teal

#8aa09b #79928d #6b837e #5d736e #50635f #43524f #36423f #283230 #1b2120 #0e1110

Tints of teal

#a3b4b1 #acbcb9 #b5c3c0 #becbc8 #c8d2d0 #d1d9d8 #dae1df #e3e8e7 #ecf0ef #f5f7f7

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#ad9a9e Analogous#9aad9f Analogous#9aa8ad Triadic#a99aad Triadic#ada99a Split complementary#ad9aa7 Split complementary#ad9f9a

Teal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 2, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9aada9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 2 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 6 38

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 #9aada9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9aada9; }
.text { color: #9aada9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9aada9; }

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 #9aada9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9aada9 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 #9aada9 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 #9aada9 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 #9aada9 are worked out. 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.