Teal

#168185

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

This is Teal, a strong teal at 182 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Teal color values

Every conversion for #168185, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#168185

RGB22, 129, 133

HSL182, 72%, 30%

HSV182, 83%, 52%

CMYK83%, 3%, 0%, 48%

Lab48.96, -26.33, -10.34

XYZ12.41, 17.56, 24.93

Decimal1474949

Web safe#009999

Pantone321 C

Shades of teal

#14777a #126c70 #116265 #0f585a #0d4d50 #0b4345 #0a393a #082e30 #062425 #04191a

Tints of teal

#1b9da2 #20b9bf #25d4db #42dae0 #5fe0e5 #7ce5e9 #99ebee #b6f1f3 #d3f6f8 #f0fcfc

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#851a16 Analogous#168552 Analogous#164985 Triadic#851681 Triadic#818516 Split complementary#851649 Split complementary#855216

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 83, 3, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #168185 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 3 0 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 7 4 54

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 #168185 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #168185; }
.text { color: #168185; }
.border { border: 2px solid #168185; }

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 #168185 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #168185 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 #168185 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 #168185 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 #168185 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.