Colour reference

Teal 500

#14b8a6

RGB: rgb(20 184 166)
HSL: 173°, 80%, 40%
OKLCh: 70.4% 0.123 182.5

Teal 500 in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#14b8a6`
RGB	`rgb(20 184 166)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(20, 184, 166)`
RGB percent	`rgb(7.84% 72.16% 65.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(173.4 80.4% 40%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(173.4, 80.4%, 40%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(173.4, 89.1%, 72.2%)`
HWB	`hwb(173.4 7.8% 27.8%)`
Nearest name	`lightseagreen (approx.)`
CMYK	`cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(70.375% 0.12302 182.503)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(70.375% -0.1229 -0.00537)`
CIE LCh	`lch(67.149% 42.983 183.107)`
CIE Lab	`lab(67.149% -42.92 -2.33)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.3333 0.7109 0.6515)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.4072 0.6648 0.6151)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.007 0.4793 0.3813)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.2431 0.3718 0.4197)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.078, 0.722, 0.651)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.007, 0.479, 0.381)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.078, 0.722, 0.651, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.007, 0.479, 0.381, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(20, 184, 166)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.078, 0.722, 0.651)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.007, 0.479, 0.381)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.078, 0.722, 0.651, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.078, 0.722, 0.651, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.078, 0.722, 0.651)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.078, 0.722, 0.651, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.007, 0.479, 0.381)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.078f, 0.722f, 0.651f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(20, 184, 166, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.007f, 0.4793f, 0.3813f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(20, 184, 166, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.078, 0.722, 0.651, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFF14B8A6)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(20, 184, 166)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.078, green: 0.722, blue: 0.651)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.078, green: 0.722, blue: 0.651, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0x14B8A6`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFF14B8A6`
Array 0–1	`[0.078, 0.722, 0.651]`
Array 0–255	`[20, 184, 166]`
Decimal integer	`1357990`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Teal 500 on white	2.49:1	Fail	Lc 48	Large headings only
Teal 500 on black	8.44:1	AAA	Lc 54	Large headings only

Teal 500 text on a white background

Teal 500 text on a black background

White text on Teal 500

Black text on Teal 500

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#c8fffb
100#a1fff3
200#88f3e2
300#66ddcc
400#35c1b0
500#00a392
600#008777
700#006d60
800#00574c
900#00453b
950#002822

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#58c4b4
Tint 2#7fd0c3
Tint 3#a2dcd2
Tint 4#c2e8e1
Tint 5#e1f3f0
Shade 1#0d9081
Shade 2#07695e
Shade 3#03453e
Shade 4#012420
Shade 5#000706

Colours that work with Teal 500

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#de7d99
#ae8cdf
#d58d47
#5db57a
#00b3cc

Closest CSS names

lightseagreenΔEok 0.020
mediumseagreenΔEok 0.070
darkturquoiseΔEok 0.075
cadetblueΔEok 0.078
mediumaquamarineΔEok 0.079
mediumturquoiseΔEok 0.085