Teal_(color)

Teal (color)

Teal (#008080)

Teal, also called teal blue, is a medium to dark blueish green color of low saturation; a dark cyan. 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.

Teal

The color teal is displayed at right.

Teal is one of the initial group of 17 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]

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

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

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."

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.

^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; color sample of Teal: Page 101 Plate 39 Color Sample L7
^ Card showing list of bandana colors and their meanings, available at Image Leather, 2199 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114
^ Gay City USA Hanky Code