Teal (color)

Teal is a blue-green color; a dark cyan.

Teal gets its name from the colored area around the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family.  

The first written use of Teal as a color name in English was in 1917. 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

Comparison of green, teal, blue and ultramarine 
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumGreen#00800001280120°100%50%Teal#0080800128128180°100%50%Blue#0000FF00255240°100%100%Ultramarine (Electric Ultramarine)#3F00FF630255255°100%100%

Tones of teal color comparison chart
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumSourceLight Teal Blue #18A7B524167181185°77%40%(Teal Blue (Crayola))Teal#0080800128128180°100%25%(web color)Teal Blue #36758854117136194°43%37%(Plochere Color System)Steel Teal#5F8A8B95138139181°19%46%(Crayola Silver Swirls)Teal Green#006D5B010991170°100%21%(www.99colors.net)

Tones of the Teal color comparison chart 
 Alice Blue (web color) (Hex: #F0F8FF) (RGB: 240, 248, 255) Light Aquamarine (Sharpie) (Pale Teal) (Hex: #EDFEFF) (RGB: 237, 254, 255) Bubbles (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #E7FEFF) (RGB: 231, 254, 255) Pale Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #AFEEEE) (RGB: 175, 238, 238) Powder Blue (web color) (Hex: #B0E0E6) (RGB: 176, 224, 230) Light Blue (Hex: #ADD8E6) (RGB: 173, 216, 230) Ultra Blue (Blizzard Blue) (Crayola) (Hex: #A3E3ED) (RGB: 163, 227, 237) Pale Robin Egg Blue (Hex: #96DED1) (RGB: 150, 222, 205) Light Keppel (Keppel Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #8DDCD3) (RGB: 141, 220, 211) Aquamarine (Crayola) (web color) (Light Teal) (Hex: #7FFFD4) (RGB: 127, 255, 212) Aquamarine Blue (Crayola Aquamarine) (Hex: #71D9E2) (RGB: 113, 217, 226) Baby Blue (Hex: 89CFFD) (RGB: 137, 207, 240) Electric Blue (Hex: 7DF9FF) (RGB: 125, 249, 255)	 Cyan (web color Aqua) (Hex: #00FFFF) (RGB: 0, 255, 255) Turquoise Blue (Hex: #00FFEF) (RGB: 0, 255, 239) Bright Turquoise (Hex: #08E8DE) (RGB: 8, 232, 222) Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #30D5C8) (RGB: 48, 213, 200) Maya Blue (Hex: #73C2FB) (RGB: 115, 194, 215) Capri (web color "Deep Sky Blue") (Hex: #00BFFF) (RGB: 0, 191, 255) Process Cyan (Pigment Cyan) (Printer's Cyan)(Deep Aqua) (Hex: #00B7EB) (RGB: 0, 183, 235) Bright Cerulean (Crayola Cerulean) (Hex: #02A4D3) (RGB: 2, 164, 211) Deep Turquoise (web color "Dark Turquoise") (Hex: #00CED1) (RGB: 0, 206, 209) Robin Egg Blue (Hex: #00CCCC) (RGB: 0, 204, 204) Medium Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #48D1CC) (RGB: 72, 209, 204) Medium Aquamarine (web color) (Hex: #66CDAA) (RGB: 102, 205, 170) Keppel (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #3AB09E) (RGB: 58, 176, 158) Light Sea Green (web color) (Hex: #20B2AA) (RGB: 32, 178, 170) Light Teal Blue (Crayola Teal Blue) (Hex: #18A7B5) (RGB: 24, 167, 181) Water (Traditional Japanese colors) (Hex: #96ABA5) (RGB: 134, 171, 165) Cadet Blue (web color) (Hex: #5F9EA0) (RGB: 95, 158, 109) Viridian (Hex: #40826D) (RGB: 64, 130, 109) Pine Green (Crayola) (Hex: #01796F) (RGB: 1, 121, 111) Dark Cyan (web color) (Hex: #008B8B) (RGB: 0, 139, 139) Teal (web color) (Hex: #008080) (RGB: 0, 128, 128) Water Blue (RAL 5021) (Hex: #256D7B) (RGB: 37, 109, 123) Teal Blue (Hex: #367588) (RGB: 54, 117, 136) Deep Aquamrine (Dark Aqumarine) (Teal Grey) (Hex: #40827D) (RGB: 64, 130, 109) Blue-Green (Crayola) (Hex: #0D98BA) (RGB: 13, 152, 186) Bondi Blue (Hex: #0095B6) (RGB: 0, 149, 182) Rich Electric Blue (Hex: #0892D0) (RGB: 8, 146, 208) Cerulean (Hex: #007BA7) (RGB: 0, 123, 167) Steel Blue (web color) (Hex: #4682B4) (RGB: 70, 130, 180) Steel Teal (Hex: #5F8A8B) (RGB: 95, 138, 139) Teal Green (Hex: #006D5B) (RGB: 0, 109, 91) Medium Electric Blue (Hex: #035096) (RGB: 3, 80, 150) Dark Electric Blue (Hex: #536878) (RGB: 83, 104, 120) Midnight Green (Eagle Green) (Dark Teal) (Hex: #004953) (RGB: 0, 73, 83) Charleston Green (Hex: #1A2118) (RGB: 26, 33, 24)

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References

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Plochere Color System website
 What Color is Teal and How You Can Use It in Your Home Decor, Architect Anton Giuroiu , Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania