Teal (color)

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Teal
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Hex triplet		#008080
sRGB^B	(r, g, b)	(0, 128, 128)
Source		HTML/CSS^[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Teal, also called teal blue, is a medium to dark greenish blue color of low saturation; a dark cyan. Although the color is said to get its name from the fact that it surrounds the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family, today's color scientists doubt that theory^{[citation needed]}. ^[2]The complementary color of teal is coral pink.

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.^[3]

Medium Teal Blue
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Hex triplet		#0054B4
sRGB^B	(r, g, b)	(0, 84, 180)
Source		unknown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Medium Teal Blue is a medium shade of teal with more blue.

[edit] Teal in human culture

Computers

In Windows 95, Windows 98 etc., teal is the standard background color.

Internet

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

Sexuality

In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a teal bandana means that one's sexual fetish is cock and ball torture. ^[4]

Sports

The San Jose Sharks' main color is teal. They are the only team in the NHL which use teal in their team colors. Their American Hockey League farm team Worcester Sharks also play in teal.
The Jacksonville Jaguars are the only NFL team to use teal as their primary color.
The New Orleans Hornets of the NBA use teal as their primary color.
The Port Adelaide Power's main color is teal. It is the only team in the AFL to use teal.
MLB's Seattle Mariners use teal as a secondary color, calling it "northwest green"

Video Games

The Nintendo Game Boy is a small handheld video game system which is available in a pale tint of teal.

[edit] References

^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
^ Harper, Douglas (2001). Teal. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
^ 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