Teal color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around teal. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Teal is #008080 — deep vivid cyan. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and teal color palettes to copy.

Teal hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#008080
HEX
#008080
RGB
rgb(0, 128, 128)
HSL
hsl(180, 100%, 25%)
OKLCH
oklch(54.3% 0.093 194.8)
On white
4.77:1
On black
4.40:1

Shades of teal

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Teal on white measures 4.77:1 and on black 4.40:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.08:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:turquoise, aqua. See every shade on the colors index.