Teal
| Teal | |
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 Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #008080 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 128, 128) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (86, 31, 49, 8) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (180°, 100%, 50%) |
| Source | HTML/CSS |
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| Teal blue | |
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Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #367588 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (54, 117, 136) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (60, 14, 0, 47) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (194°, 60%, 53%) |
| Source | Kelly, Kenneth L. and Judd, Deanne B. (December 1976) "Color: Universal Language and Dictionary of Names", National Bureau of Standards, Spec. Publ. 440 |
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Teal is a medium-saturated, blue-green color, similar to medium green and dark cyan. Its name comes from that of a bird—the common teal (Anas crecca)—which presents a similarly colored stripe on its head.
It can be created by mixing blue with green into a white base, or deepened as needed with a little bit of black or gray color. The complementary color of teal is maroon. It is also one of the initial group of 16 HTML/CSS web colors formulated in 1987.
The first recorded use of teal as a color name in English was in 1917.
Teal was a fad color during the 1990s, with, among others, many sports teams adopting the color for their uniforms.
Its name is derived from the Middle English tele, a word akin to the Dutch taling and the Middle Low German telink. As a color, its name is believed to have been taken from the small freshwater common teal, a member of the duck family whose eyes are surrounded by this color.
Teal blue is a medium tone of teal with more blue. The first recorded use of teal blue as a color name in English was in 1927.
The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. Teal was subsequently a heavily used color in the 1950s and 1960s.
Teal blue is also the name of a Crayola crayon color (color #113) from 1990–2003. Teal-green: where it is a combination of blue/green but where the green is stronger with a hint of grey
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