Deep teal

Where it sits

Dark Autumn palette

Deep teal is an anchor color in Dark Autumn. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Warm teal #2E7A72, a True Autumn color, at a distance of 13: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.

Teal belongs to more seasons than any other saturated color, because the hue sits on the line between blue and green and small shifts push it across temperature lines. The Dark Autumn version is dark, with the green slightly ahead of the blue, and with a touch of grey that keeps it from going electric. That last part is what separates it from a Winter teal.

On a Dark Autumn it does what a jewel tone does for a Winter. Worn alone it is the strongest color in the palette that is not a red. Worn with the browns, mahogany, espresso, dark chocolate, it stops the outfit from being a wall of earth. It is the one color here that a Dark Autumn can wear to look dressed rather than warm.

Retailers make blue-teal in quantity and green-teal rarely. Most of what is sold as teal in a given season is closer to peacock or petrol, both bluer than this. The green-leaning version comes and goes, and when it comes it sells out, because every season that can borrow it does.

Easily confused with

Three colors sit thirteen points from this one: True Summer's spruce, Deep Winter's pine green and True Autumn's warm teal. That is an unusually even spread. In practice the Winter and Summer versions read bluer and cooler, the True Autumn version reads lighter and greener. Deep teal is the darkest of the four and the only one with grey in it.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 32 in-stock pieces across Boden, Marine Layer, STAUD and Frank & Eileen sample within a close match of #1F5C5C. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

Ria Embellished Knit T-Shirt

Deep Aurora Blue

$220 at Boden

Canonbury Cord 7/8 Pants

Storm Blue

$149 at Boden

Imogen Collared Jersey Dress

Sea Moss

$149 at Boden

Lena Cardigan

Mediterranea

$110 at Marine Layer

Lexi Rib Sun-In Long Sleeve Crew Tee

Emerald

$54 at Marine Layer

Tali Dress

Tidal Shell

$263 at STAUD

Cashmere Sweater

Rain Forest

$138 at Marine Layer

Catherine 29"

Pine

$228 at Frank & Eileen

Suni Silk Top

Emerald

$475 at STAUD

Bibi

Pine

$278 at Frank & Eileen

Stroll Silk Pant

Emerald

$395 at STAUD

Longline Velvet Button Blazer

Teal Ocean

$320 at Boden

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What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #1F5C5C today, so they are the words to search for.

Boden

Deep Aurora Blue, Storm Blue, Sea Moss, Teal Ocean, Deep Emerald, Midnight Teal

Marine Layer

Mediterranea, Emerald, Rain Forest, Sea Moss

STAUD

Tidal Shell, Emerald

Frank & Eileen

Pine

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

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