Information about Teal color
Basic facts about this digital color
#008080 presents itself as a pure, full-strength aqua cyan — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Robo Teal Takedown (#008285). Slightly further away sit Bluegreen (#017A79) and Free Spirit (#00777B).
Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(0, 128, 128)), which gives #008080 its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #008080: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for black. The name "Teal" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Teal color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Teal color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Teal color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Teal color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Teal color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Teal color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Teal color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Teal
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#008285
#017A79
#00777B
#007B77
#08787F
#008575
#0A7E8C
#0A888A
#007474
#017374
#01796F
#017B92
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#008080
- RGB0, 128, 128
- CMYK50, 0, 0, 50
- CSSrgb(0, 128, 128)
- HSL180°, 100%, 25%
- HSL Precise180°, 100%, 25.098%
- HSV180°, 100%, 50%
- HSB180°, 100%, 50%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.502
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
- GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.502, 0.502)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.502, 0.502, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.502, 0.502)
- Percentage of Red in RGB0%
- Percentage of Green in RGB50.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID008080
- DECIMAL ID32896
- Name Length4
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