Muted teal

Where it sits

Soft Autumn palette

Muted teal is an anchor color in Soft 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.

At RGB 94, 130, 126 the green leads by a hair, the blue is right behind and the red is lower. The near-level green and blue make it a true teal. The modest gap to the red is the grey. It is the color of lichen on slate. Clear the grey and it becomes True Summer's soft cool teal; warm and deepen it and it becomes True Autumn's warm teal.

A Soft Autumn wears it as the contrast color: a knit, a shirt, a dress, a coat. It gives a palette of beiges and soft warm colors something to push against. It works with oyster, warm taupe and soft chocolate, and it pairs well with dusty terracotta and warm dusty rose.

Retail calls it teal, dusty teal, sea pine, juniper and storm green. It is less common than sage in stores, and the names wander: Marine Layer has sold near versions under olive names. The versions to avoid are the bright peacock teal, which is a Winter's, and the deep one, which is Dark Autumn's.

Easily confused with

The nearest color is Soft Summer's muted teal at three points; the two cannot be told apart on a rail. True Summer's soft cool teal is seven points off and its spruce blue-green nine, both a little clearer. True Autumn's warm teal is thirteen points away, deeper and more saturated. Dark Autumn's deep teal is eighteen points off and much darker. Teal sits between blue and green, which is why it crosses the cool and warm seasons more easily than almost any other color.

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, 2 in-stock pieces across Christy Dawn and Marine Layer sample within a close match of #5E827E. 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.

The Douglas Pant

Juniper

$248 at Christy Dawn

Cloud 9 Fleece Sweatpant

Rain Forest

$68 at Marine Layer

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 #5E827E today, so they are the words to search for.

Christy Dawn

Juniper

Marine Layer

Rain Forest

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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