Dark teal
#014D4E
Dark teal (#014D4E) is a dark, vivid teal colour, cool. In RGB it is 1 red, 77 green and 78 blue; in HSL its hue is 181°, its saturation 97% and its lightness 15%. For print, its CMYK mix is 99% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 69% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Teal sits between green and blue, mixing calm with freshness. It is popular with health, tech and travel brands that want to feel modern without being cold.
Text on dark teal
White text on dark teal has a contrast ratio of 9.66:1 and passes AAA; black text has 2.17:1 and fails. White text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 9.66:1
Black text · 2.17:1
Tints and shades of dark teal
Colour palettes with dark teal
Brands with a dark teal logo
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Use dark teal in CSS
.button {
background-color: #014D4E;
color: #FFFFFF;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of teal.