Teal

#9eadae

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

Hex#9eadae

RGB158, 173, 174

HSL184, 9%, 65%

HSV184, 9%, 68%

CMYK9%, 1%, 0%, 32%

Lab69.62, -5.01, -2.31

XYZ36.68, 40.21, 45.87

Decimal10399150

Web safe#999999

Pantone5435 C

Shades of teal

#8e9fa0 #7d9193 #6e8284 #607273 #536263 #455252 #374142 #293132 #1c2121 #0e1111

Tints of teal

#a7b4b5 #afbcbd #b8c3c4 #c1cbcb #cad2d2 #d2d9da #dbe1e1 #e4e8e8 #edeff0 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#ae9f9e Analogous#9eaea7 Analogous#9ea5ae Triadic#ae9ead Triadic#adae9e Split complementary#ae9ea5 Split complementary#aea79e

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 9, 1, 0, 32.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 1 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 5 4 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 #9eadae straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9eadae 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 #9eadae 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 #9eadae 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 #9eadae are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.