Teal (color)

Medium Teal Blue
	— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet	#0054B4
Source	unknown
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Teal
	— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet	#008080
Source	HTML/CSS
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

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Teal (#008080)

Teal, also called teal blue, is equal parts blue and green. The color gets its name from the fact that it surrounds the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family. The complementary color of teal is coral pink.

[edit] Teal

The color teal is displayed at right.

Teal is one of the initial group of 16 HTML/CSS web colors formulated in 1987, shown below.

The first recorded use of Teal as a color name in English was in 1917.^[2]

[edit] Medium teal blue

Medium teal blue is displayed at right. It is a medium shade of teal with more blue.

[edit] Teal in human culture

Computers

In Windows 95 teal is the default background color.

Internet

In an online vote, Teal was voted the most popular shade of blue just ahead of cornflower blue.

Sports

Teal is the official school color of the University of North Carolina Wilmington as seen in the annual 'Feel My Teal' Basketball Game[1].
The San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League use teal as their main color. Their American Hockey League farm team Worcester Sharks also play in teal.
The Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League use teal as their primary color. The Miami Dolphins use a teal-like color called "aqua green".
The New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association use teal as their primary color.
The Port Adelaide Power's main color is teal. It is the only team in the Australian Football League to use teal.
Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners use teal as a secondary color, calling it "northwest green." The Florida Marlins are nicknamed "The Boys in Teal."

Video Games

The Nintendo Game Boy is a small handheld video game system which is available in a pale tint of teal.
Teal is a choice of team color in many video games.