Teal

#a1b4ae

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

This is Teal, a grey teal at 161 degrees. 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 #a1b4ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1b4ae

RGB161, 180, 174

HSL161, 11%, 67%

HSV161, 11%, 71%

CMYK11%, 0%, 3%, 29%

Lab71.74, -7.74, 0.82

XYZ38.66, 43.28, 46.36

Decimal10597550

Web safe#99cc99

Pantone5507 C

Shades of teal

#90a69f #7e9890 #6e8a81 #607971 #526761 #455651 #374540 #293430 #1b2220 #0e1110

Tints of teal

#a9bbb5 #b2c1bc #bac8c4 #c3cfcb #cbd6d2 #d3dcd9 #dce3e1 #e4eae8 #edf0ef #f5f7f6

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#b4a1a7 Analogous#a1b4a5 Analogous#a1b1b4 Triadic#aea1b4 Triadic#b4aea1 Split complementary#b4a1b1 Split complementary#b4a5a1

Teal in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 3, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1b4ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 3 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 7 35

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 #a1b4ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1b4ae; }
.text { color: #a1b4ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1b4ae; }

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 #a1b4ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1b4ae 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 #a1b4ae 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 #a1b4ae 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 #a1b4ae come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.