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Teal Color

#008080

Teal Color

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A deep blue-green named after the Eurasian teal duck, which has a distinctive blue-green stripe on its head.

Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#008080

RGB

rgb(0, 128, 128)

HSL

hsl(180, 100%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 100%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 0%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(48.25, -28.85, -8.48)

LCH

lch(48.25, 30.07, 196.38)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0927, 194.76)

HWB

hwb(180, 0%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#800000

Analogous

#008040

#008080

#004080

Triadic

#008080

#800080

#808000

Split-complementary

#008080

#800040

#804000

Tetradic

#008080

#000080

#800000

#808000

Square

#008080

#400080

#800000

#408000

Shades

Teal Color mixed toward black.

#006b6b

#005555

#004040

#002b2b

#001515

Tints

Teal Color mixed toward white.

#00c0c0

#00ffff

#40ffff

#80ffff

#bfffff

Tones

Teal Color mixed toward gray.

#0b7575

#156b6b

#206060

#2b5555

#354b4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565780 · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#504880 · ΔE 33.1

Tritanopia

#1b8080 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #008080;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#008080]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

Teal (#008080) is rgb(0, 128, 128) in RGB.

No, #008080 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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