Teal

#9db2ac

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 muted. 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 #9db2ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9db2ac

RGB157, 178, 172

HSL163, 12%, 66%

HSV163, 12%, 70%

CMYK12%, 0%, 3%, 30%

Lab70.86, -8.43, 0.6

XYZ37.27, 41.99, 45.17

Decimal10334892

Web safe#999999

Pantone5493 C

Shades of teal

#8ca59e #7b978f #6b8880 #5e7770 #506660 #435550 #364440 #283330 #1b2220 #0d1110

Tints of teal

#a6b9b3 #afc0bb #b7c7c2 #c0ceca #c9d5d1 #d2dbd9 #dbe2e0 #e3e9e8 #ecf0ef #f5f7f7

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#b29da3 Analogous#9db2a2 Analogous#9dadb2 Triadic#ac9db2 Triadic#b2ac9d Split complementary#b29dad Split complementary#b2a29d

Teal in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 12, 0, 3, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9db2ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 3 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 7 36

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 #9db2ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9db2ac; }
.text { color: #9db2ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9db2ac; }

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 #9db2ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9db2ac 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 #9db2ac 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 #9db2ac 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 #9db2ac are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.