CSS named color

Teal #008080

The CSS keyword teal is #008080. It is a muted teal in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.543, chroma 0.093 and hue 194.8°.

Relative luminance: 0.1700
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.543 · 0.093 · 194.8
Best text: White 4.77:1
Hue family: Cyan

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#008080 color codes

HEX: #008080
RGB: rgb(0, 128, 128)
HSL: hsl(180, 100%, 25%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.543 0.093 194.8)
OKLab: oklab(0.543 -0.090 -0.024)
CIELAB (D65): L* 48.25, a* -28.85, b* -8.48
XYZ (D65): X 11.61, Y 17.00, Z 23.09
CMYK (naive): cmyk(100%, 0%, 0%, 50%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #008080 accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.77:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.39:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

4.39:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +31
White text on it

4.77:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −77
As text on black

4.39:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −29
As text on white

4.77:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +72

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#008080 4.77:1

It already reaches 4.77:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#058281 4.51:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.54 to 0.55 reaches 4.51:1 on black, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #008080 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #008080

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #008080 sits at step 600.

50#D4FFFE

White
1.07
Black
19.53
100#AEFCFB

White
1.15
Black
18.11
200#95E9E8

White
1.39
Black
15.09
300#75D0CF

White
1.79
Black
11.67
400#52B3B3

White
2.48
Black
8.45
500#2F9797

White
3.50
Black
5.99
600This color#008080

White
4.77
Black
4.39
700#006565

White
6.88
Black
3.04
800#004A4A

White
10.10
Black
2.07
900#003030

White
14.32
Black
1.46
950#001B1B

White
17.90
Black
1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #008080 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.093; #008080 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.125 there: 34% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.093
sRGB edge: 0.093
Display P3 edge: 0.125
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.202
Dominant wavelength: 491 nm
Excitation purity: 32%
Chromaticity: x 0.2247, y 0.3288

This color#008080
Most vivid in sRGB#008080
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.543 0.125 194.8)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #008080;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.5106 0.5187); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #008080

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#80C0C0
OKLab50%#93BEBE
OKLCH50%#93BEBE

Black #000000

sRGB50%#004040
OKLab50%#002E2E
OKLCH50%#002E2E

Its complement #9E585E

sRGB50%#4F6C6F
OKLab50%#6F6F6F
OKLCH50%#78722B

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #008080, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #008080 50%, white);

In use

#008080 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:14.77:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.77:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:14.77:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.77:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:14.77:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.92:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.92:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.92:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #1B8B8A 4.55:1

Color vision

How #008080 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 22.9; tritanopia changes it least, 2.7.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#777980 ΔE2000 22.6

Distinct

Reads as gray
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#676E81 ΔE2000 22.9

Distinct

Reads as grayish blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#008580 ΔE2000 2.7

Close match

Reads as muted cyan
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#737373 ΔE2000 21.5

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #9E585E. Their lightness contrast is only 1.09:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#008080 · #9E585E	46.0	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#777980 · #66645E	11.1	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#676E81 · #77725D	20.3	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#008580 · #AA505A	50.9	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#737373 · #6C6C6C	2.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #008080

Its complement is #9E585E, a muted brown, on the warm side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#008080
Complement#9E585E

Complementary

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−30°#308062
Base#008080
+30°#207A98

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#008080
+120°#845E95
+240°#8F672A

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#008080
+150°#96597C
+210°#9C5D40

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-teal: #008080;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        teal: '#008080',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-teal: oklch(0.543 0.093 194.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "teal": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0, 0.502, 0.502],
        "hex": "#008080"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color teal"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let teal = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.000, green: 0.502, blue: 0.502, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Teal = Color(0xFF008080)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Teal #008080

#008080 color codes

Contrast: is #008080 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #008080 live

Shades and tints of #008080

How vivid #008080 can get

Mixing #008080

#008080 in an interface

How #008080 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #008080

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #008080 in the tools