Teal

#a0b1b1

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 #a0b1b1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a0b1b1

RGB160, 177, 177

HSL180, 10%, 66%

HSV180, 10%, 69%

CMYK10%, 0%, 0%, 31%

Lab70.93, -5.87, -2.02

XYZ38.16, 42.09, 47.71

Decimal10531249

Web safe#999999

Pantone5435 C

Shades of teal

#8fa3a3 #7e9595 #6e8787 #617676 #536565 #455454 #374343 #293232 #1c2222 #0e1111

Tints of teal

#a9b8b8 #b1bfbf #bac6c6 #c2cdcd #cbd4d4 #d3dbdb #dce2e2 #e4e9e9 #edf0f0 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#b1a0a0 Analogous#a0b1a9 Analogous#a0a9b1 Triadic#b1a0b1 Triadic#b1b1a0 Split complementary#b1a0a9 Split complementary#b1a9a0

Teal in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 0, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a0b1b1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 0 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 4 37

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Teal in css

Copy #a0b1b1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a0b1b1; }
.text { color: #a0b1b1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a0b1b1; }

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 #a0b1b1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a0b1b1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Teal on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a0b1b1 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn teal into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a0b1b1 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 #a0b1b1 are worked out. 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.