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Spruce blue-green

A True Summer color

Spruce blue-green

anchor color 2 of 10 in True Summer. Also called Cool Summer in other systems.

By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026

Hex
#3E7A72
RGB
62, 122, 114
HSL
172°, 33%, 36%

Spruce blue-green is the True Summer teal: a pine green with the yellow taken out and a little blue put in its place. It is the color that lets a cool season wear green at all, and it is the one that separates True Summer from the Autumns on a rail, because every warm teal looks yellow beside it.

Where it sits

True Summer palette

Spruce blue-green is an anchor color in True Summer. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Muted teal #5F8080, a Soft Summer color, at a distance of 11: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.

At RGB 62, 122, 114 the green leads, the blue sits just behind, and the red is at half. The blue close behind the green is the coolness. The red at half is what keeps it soft rather than jewel-bright. Push the blue ahead and it becomes a true teal; push the red down and it becomes an emerald, which belongs to a Winter.

A True Summer wears it as the strong color against cool neutrals: with soft navy, cool grey, soft white. A spruce knit over grey trousers. A blouse under a navy blazer. It pairs with cool rose and cool raspberry as complements, with periwinkle because the two share their blue, and with rose-beige for the softest version.

Retailers call it spruce, teal, pine, sea pine, juniper, eucalyptus or forest, and the names say nothing about temperature. Hold the garment against a navy. Spruce blue-green looks like a relative. A warm teal looks yellow beside it and belongs to an Autumn. A jewel teal looks electric and belongs to a Winter.

Easily confused with

True Autumn's warm teal is four points away, close enough that the two look identical on a screen and different on a face: the Autumn version has slightly more yellow, and on a True Summer it reads sallow. True Summer's own soft cool teal is seven points off and lighter; Soft Autumn's and Soft Summer's muted teals are nine and eleven points off and greyer. Dark Autumn's deep teal is thirteen points deeper.

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).

Warm teal #2E7A72

True Autumn anchor · ΔE 4

Muted teal #5E827E

Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 9

Muted teal #5F8080

Soft Summer anchor · ΔE 11

Deep teal #1F5C5C

Dark Autumn anchor · ΔE 13

Emerald #006B54

Deep Winter anchor · ΔE 15

Pine green #004B3C

Deep Winter anchor · ΔE 20

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 10 in-stock pieces across Boden, Marine Layer, Christy Dawn, Frank & Eileen and STAUD sample within a close match of #3E7A72. 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.

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 #3E7A72 today, so they are the words to search for.

Boden
Deep Sea Depths, Midnight Teal
Marine Layer
Rain Forest, Mediterranea
Christy Dawn
Juniper
Frank & Eileen
Dark Green
STAUD
Emerald

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

Is spruce blue-green a True Summer color?

Yes. Spruce blue-green (#3E7A72) is an anchor color in the True Summer palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.

Is spruce blue-green warm or cool?

Cool. The blue sits close behind the green, and there is no yellow lead. The warm version is True Autumn's warm teal, four points away, where the green pulls ahead. On a screen they are the same color; on a face, the warm one turns a True Summer faintly yellow and the cool one turns a True Autumn faintly grey.

Can a Soft Summer wear spruce blue-green?

Yes. Soft Summer's muted teal is eleven points greyer. This one reads a touch clear on a Soft Summer, but it is cool and medium in depth, and with cool grey or soft navy it works.

Is spruce the same as teal?

Teal is the broader word; spruce is a teal that leans green and runs soft. Retailers use spruce, pine and teal interchangeably, so the name on a label is no guide to whether a piece is this color. Check the green-to-blue balance against a navy.

What colors go with spruce blue-green?

For a True Summer: soft navy, cool grey, soft white, rose-beige, cool rose, cool raspberry and periwinkle. Avoid camel and olive, which make it look yellow, and black, which makes it look dull.

The True Summer guide · All in-stock True Summer pieces · ← Cool rose · Periwinkle → · All colors

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