Teal

#537c7a

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

This is Teal, a muted teal at 177 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 #537c7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#537c7a

RGB83, 124, 122

HSL177, 20%, 41%

HSV177, 33%, 49%

CMYK33%, 0%, 2%, 51%

Lab49.08, -14.66, -3.47

XYZ14.29, 17.66, 21.07

Decimal5471354

Web safe#666666

Pantone5487 C

Shades of teal

#4c7170 #456765 #3e5c5b #375250 #304746 #293d3c #213231 #1a2727 #131d1c #0c1212

Tints of teal

#5e8d8b #6c9c9a #7da8a6 #8eb3b1 #9fbfbd #b0cac9 #c1d6d5 #d2e1e0 #e3ecec #f4f8f8

Colors that go with teal

Complementary#7c5355 Analogous#537c66 Analogous#536a7c Triadic#7a537c Triadic#7c7a53 Split complementary#7c536a Split complementary#7c6653

Teal in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 33, 0, 2, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #537c7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 0 2 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 4 6 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 #537c7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #537c7a; }
.text { color: #537c7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #537c7a; }

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 #537c7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #537c7a 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 #537c7a 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 #537c7a 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 #537c7a 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.