Tailwind Teal

Tailwind CSS's teal hue family — 11 stops from 50 (lightest) to 950 (darkest), forming a cool blue-green chromatic scale. Use directly as a brand palette or pair with an accent hue from another tailwind-* atom.

13 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles tailwindcoolchromatic

Swatches

teal-50
#F0FDFA
Lightest stop — page background in light mode.
teal-100
#CBFBF1
Very light surface — cards and panels on light background.
teal-200
#96F7E4
Light divider, hairline, or subtle fill.
teal-300
#46ECD5
Muted accent or disabled-state foreground in light mode.
teal-400
#00D5BE
Mid-light tint — soft accent, hover wash, decorative fill.
teal-500
#00BBA7
Mid stop — the canonical brand hue for chromatic palettes.
teal-600
#009689
Mid-dark stop — primary action in light mode for chromatic palettes.
teal-700
#00786F
Dark stop — pressed states, deeper emphasis.
teal-800
#005F5A
Very dark stop — heavy emphasis, secondary text on light.
teal-900
#0B4F4A
Near-darkest stop — body text on light, surface on dark.
teal-950
#022F2E
Darkest stop — page background in dark mode.
pure-white
#FFFFFF
Maximum-elevation surface and high-contrast text in dark mode.
pure-black
#000000
High-contrast text on light chromatic hues where the deepest stop reads as the hue, not black.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → teal-700
accent-hover → teal-600
background → teal-50
error → teal-700
primary → teal-500
primary-hover → teal-600
success → teal-600
surface → teal-100
surface-elevated → pure-white
text-primary → teal-900
text-secondary → teal-800
text-tertiary → teal-600
warning → teal-300
warning-hover → teal-400

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → teal-300
accent-hover → teal-200
background → teal-950
error → teal-300
primary → teal-400
primary-hover → teal-300
success → teal-400
surface → teal-900
surface-elevated → teal-800
text-primary → teal-50
text-secondary → teal-200
text-tertiary → teal-400
warning → teal-600
warning-hover → teal-500

Provenance

Source
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/colors
License
MIT
Attribution
Tailwind CSS colors, Copyright Tailwind Labs Inc., MIT licensed. Hex values derived from canonical OKLCH definitions in packages/tailwindcss/theme.css via the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 OKLCH → sRGB conversion.
Imported
2026-05-18 (upstream version 4.x)