All About Color Teal

#008080

A deep and calming blue-green, evocative of tranquil waters.

About Teal

Teal is a dark cyan color with the hex code #008080. In RGB it is red 0, green 128, blue 128; in HSL it is hue 180°, saturation 100%, lightness 25%; in CMYK it is 100%, 0%, 0%, 50%. Its contrast ratio is 4.77:1 on white and 4.40:1 on black.

#008080 Color Conversion

Hex triplet00, 80, 80
CMYK100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 49.80%
RGB Decimal0, 128, 128
HSL180°, 100%, 25%
RGB Octal0, 200, 200
HSV (HSB)180.00°, 100.00%, 50.20%
RGB Binary0, 10000000, 10000000
CIE-L*AB48.26, -28.84, -8.48
RGB Percent0.00%, 50.20%, 50.20%
CIE-L*CH48.26, 30.06, 196.39
XYZ11.62, 17.00, 23.09
CIE-L*UV48.26, -37.32, -8.05
xyY0.22, 0.33, 17.00
Hunter-Lab41.23, -21.86, -4.35
RYB0.00%, 25.10%, 50.20%

Color Accessibility Scores

#008080 on a dark background: contrast 4.40:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#008080 on a light background: contrast 4.77:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Teal, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Teal. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#008080 · #00DBDB · #002424 · #800000 · #DB0000

Analogous palette

#008000 · #008040 · #008080 · #004080 · #000080

Triadic palette

#008080 · #80007F · #7F8000 · #00DBDB · #DB00DB

Tetradic palette

#008080 · #400080 · #800000 · #408000 · #002424

Monochromatic palette

#00191A · #003333 · #008080 · #00CCCC · #1AFFFF

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