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Teal Palette

Teal Palette: #008080, #800000, #008040, #004080. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Teal Palette assigns primary #008080, secondary #800000, surface #008040, background #004080, accent #FFFFFF. The set spans Cyan, Red, Green, and Blue families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #800000 at 0.0459 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 1 of 5 values.

All palettesSource colorAPI
5colors
Cyan palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

Teal Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#008080Teal
Secondary#800000Maroon
Surface#008040#008040
Background#004080#004080
Accent#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-teal-primary: #008080;
--palette-teal-secondary: #800000;
--palette-teal-surface: #008040;
--palette-teal-background: #004080;
--palette-teal-accent: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Teal Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#008080
Black 4.4:1 · White 4.77:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#800000
Black 1.92:1 · White 10.95:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#008040
Black 4.16:1 · White 5.05:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#004080
Black 2.05:1 · White 10.26:1
Best #FFFFFF
Accent#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Teal Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Teal Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Teal Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.17
Black text4.4:1AA Fail
White text4.77:1AA Pass
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#008080",
    "name": "Teal"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#800000",
    "name": "Maroon"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#008040",
    "name": "#008040"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#004080",
    "name": "#004080"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#008080",
    "name": "Teal",
    "blackContrast": 4.4,
    "whiteContrast": 4.77,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#800000",
    "name": "Maroon",
    "blackContrast": 1.92,
    "whiteContrast": 10.95,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#008040",
    "name": "#008040",
    "blackContrast": 4.16,
    "whiteContrast": 5.05,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#004080",
    "name": "#004080",
    "blackContrast": 2.05,
    "whiteContrast": 10.26,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "teal palette",
  "generated palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "red palette",
  "green palette",
  "blue palette",
  "gray palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "vibrant palette",
  "jewel tone palette",
  "light palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "wellness and botanical palettes",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-teal-primary: #008080;\n--palette-teal-secondary: #800000;\n--palette-teal-surface: #008040;\n--palette-teal-background: #004080;\n--palette-teal-accent: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "teal",
  "name": "Teal Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "teal",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Teal, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Teal Palette combines primary #008080, secondary #800000, surface #008040, background #004080, accent #FFFFFF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a cyan palette, red palette, green palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "teal palette",
    "generated palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "red palette",
    "green palette",
    "blue palette",
    "gray palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "vibrant palette",
    "jewel tone palette",
    "light palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "wellness and botanical palettes",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#008080",
      "slug": "teal",
      "name": "Teal",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        128,
        128
      ],
      "hsl": [
        180,
        100,
        25
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        0,
        0,
        50
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced",
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.17,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.4,
        "white": 4.77
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/teal/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#800000",
      "slug": "maroon",
      "name": "Maroon",
      "rgb": [
        128,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        100,
        25
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        100,
        100,
        50
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0459,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1.92,
        "white": 10.95
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/maroon/"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#008040",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#008040",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        128,
        64
      ],
      "hsl": [
        150,
        100,
        25
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        0,
        50,
        50
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1581,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.16,
        "white": 5.05
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#004080",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#004080",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        64,
        128
      ],
      "hsl": [
        210,
        100,
        25
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        50,
        0,
        50
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0523,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.05,
        "white": 10.26
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "slug": "white",
      "name": "White",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 1,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 21,
        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#008080",
      "name": "Teal"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#800000",
      "name": "Maroon"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#008040",
      "name": "#008040"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#004080",
      "name": "#004080"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#008080",
      "name": "Teal",
      "blackContrast": 4.4,
      "whiteContrast": 4.77,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#800000",
      "name": "Maroon",
      "blackContrast": 1.92,
      "whiteContrast": 10.95,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#008040",
      "name": "#008040",
      "blackContrast": 4.16,
      "whiteContrast": 5.05,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#004080",
      "name": "#004080",
      "blackContrast": 2.05,
      "whiteContrast": 10.26,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-teal-primary: #008080;\n--palette-teal-secondary: #800000;\n--palette-teal-surface: #008040;\n--palette-teal-background: #004080;\n--palette-teal-accent: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/teal.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/teal.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/teal/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/teal.json"
}
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