Teal

#4e7e79

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

Teal is a deep teal, rich between blue and green. 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 #4e7e79, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e7e79

RGB78, 126, 121

HSL174, 24%, 40%

HSV174, 38%, 49%

CMYK38%, 0%, 4%, 51%

Lab49.4, -17.5, -2.44

XYZ14.05, 17.92, 20.81

Decimal5144185

Web safe#666666

Pantone5487 C

Shades of teal

#47736f #416964 #3a5e5a #335350 #2d4846 #263e3b #203331 #192827 #121e1c #0c1312

Tints of teal

#59908a #66a09a #77aba6 #89b6b1 #9bc1bd #adccc9 #bfd7d5 #d0e2e0 #e2edec #f4f8f8

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#7e4e53 Analogous#4e7e61 Analogous#4e6b7e Triadic#794e7e Triadic#7e794e Split complementary#7e4e6b Split complementary#7e614e

Teal in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 38, 0, 4, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e7e79 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 0 4 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 4 8 57

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 #4e7e79 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e7e79; }
.text { color: #4e7e79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e7e79; }

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 #4e7e79 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e7e79 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 #4e7e79 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 #4e7e79 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 #4e7e79 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.