Pantone Teal Colors
301 colors in the teal family
Pantone Teal spans the cool in-between from bright cyan-turquoise like Pantone 320 C through classic petrol blues like Pantone 321 C and deep teals such as Pantone 3292 C. Our catalog includes 301 teal-family colors, each with a unique code, HEX value, and CMYK print equivalent.
| Total colors | 301 |
|---|---|
| Hue range | 155° to 195° |
| Lightness range | 10% to 87% |
| Saturation range | 10% to 100% |
| Light / Medium / Dark | 51 / 106 / 144 |
Featured Pantone Teal colors
Twelve well-known teal codes with full values, shades, harmonies and contrast checks on each color page.
Pantone Teal shades by lightness
Teal-family colors break naturally into three lightness bands. Light teals - mint, aqua, pale sea glass - sit above 65 percent lightness and read as fresh and modern. Medium teals - cyan, turquoise, petrol blue, and the recognizable brand teal codes - sit between 35 and 65 percent lightness and carry the bulk of the family's visual weight. Dark teals - deep ocean, dark aquamarine, near-navy - sit below 35 percent lightness and read as grounded, mature, and slightly mysterious.
How to match Pantone Teal in design
Matching Pantone teal in design comes down to three choices: hue bias toward blue versus green, lightness band, and print strategy. Teals that lean blue feel corporate and stable; teals that lean green feel fresh and slightly natural. Light teals work as background accents and UI highlights; medium teals are the workhorse brand colors; dark teals provide contrast and gravitas. For digital work, teal translates well from HEX to RGB across most displays, but test on mobile because some screens render teal greener than desktop. For print, bright cyans fall outside the CMYK gamut and shift toward muddy green on press - spot inks are essential for exact brand teal. Deep teals translate more faithfully, but even those shift on uncoated stock, so always proof on the final paper.
Common mistakes with Pantone Teal
Using bright cyan teals for print without a proof - bright cyans shift toward muddy green in CMYK and lose saturation on uncoated stock
Assuming "teal" is a single color - the family spans from near-cyan to near-navy, and mixing hues from across the family without a plan often reads as accidental
Using teal for medical branding without considering context - teal reads as clinical and modern in some contexts but dated in others depending on the specific shade
Ignoring the seasonal shifts of teal on screens - mobile OLED displays render teal cooler than LCD monitors, so verify on both
Treating petrol blue and teal as interchangeable - petrol blue is a teal leaning heavily toward blue, while teal is a blue leaning toward green, and the two feel different in a palette
All 301 Pantone Teal colors
Every color in this family, from pale tints to deep shades. Open any color for HEX, RGB, CMYK, shades, harmonies and contrast checks.
Questions about Pantone Teal
What is the most popular Pantone teal?
Pantone 321 C is the most widely specified Pantone teal - a deep petrol blue used in automotive, technology, and premium service branding. Pantone 320 C is the most common bright cyan-turquoise for digital interfaces. Pantone 3282 C is the most common mid-ocean teal for travel and hospitality. Each serves a different hue bias within the family.
What is the Pantone code for Tiffany Blue?
Tiffany Blue is proprietary and protected as a trademark, but Pantone 1837 C is the closest published approximation - the code number itself references the year Tiffany was founded. Pantone 1837 C is not exactly Tiffany Blue, but it is the closest published match and is frequently used by designers as a reference point when discussing the color.
What is the difference between teal and turquoise?
In everyday usage the two are often used interchangeably, but in Pantone terms turquoise refers to the brighter, greener end of the teal family - codes like Pantone 320 C and 325 C - while teal refers more broadly to the entire blue-green axis including deeper petrol blues and dark aquamarines. The distinction is not strict, but turquoise usually implies brighter and greener, teal usually implies deeper and bluer.
How many Pantone teals are there?
The Pantone Matching System includes more than 200 teal-family colors across its Solid Coated and Solid Uncoated libraries. Our catalog shows 301 of them, filterable by lightness band. The exact count depends on where you draw the boundary with cyan, blue, and green.
Why does teal look different in print?
Bright cyan teals - the codes closest to pure turquoise - sit at the edge of the CMYK gamut and shift noticeably toward muddy green on press. Deep teals translate more faithfully but still shift on uncoated paper because the ink absorbs unevenly. For brand identity or packaging that depends on a specific teal, always specify a Pantone spot ink and proof on the exact paper stock the job will print on.