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What color do blue and green make?

Mixed as paint, blue and green make a teal. Change the ratio, switch to light or CSS mixing, and copy the result.

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Paint mode simulates real pigments with the Kubelka-Munk model, so blue and yellow make green, just like on a palette.

teal

#0C7259 · teal

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Contrast 5.89:1 with white, 3.57:1 with black

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Blue and green make teal

Mixed as paint, blue and green make a teal (#0C7259). As light on a screen, they make a blue (#2C9DE0), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give a teal (#007985).

teal

#0C7259

As paint

Pigments absorb light, so every color you add takes some away. This is what you get on a palette or canvas.

blue

#2C9DE0

As light

Colored lights add up, as on a screen or stage. Mixes get brighter, not darker.

teal

#007985

In CSS (OKLCH)

What color-mix(in oklch, …) returns for an even mix in the browser.

Mixing blue and green in different ratios

The ratio decides which color leads. These are paint mixes, measured in equal-sized parts.

3:1 · #00666E

3 blue : 1 green, teal

2:1 · #046A65

2 blue : 1 green, teal

1:1 · #0C7259

1 blue : 1 green, teal

1:2 · #137A51

1 blue : 2 green, green

1:3 · #167E4E

1 blue : 3 green, green

Making the mix lighter or darker

Add white for tints and black for shades. Each step adds 20% more of it to the even blue and green mix.

With white

#2C9B82

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#47B49D

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#63C8B5

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#88DCCD

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With black

#166452

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#1A5549

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#1C443D

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#192E2B

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Mixing blue and green FAQ

Mixed as paint, blue and green make a teal (#0C7259). As light on a screen, they make a blue (#2C9DE0), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give a teal (#007985).

Light adds up instead of absorbing, so blue and green light make a blue (#2C9DE0). That is why screens can show bright yellows from red and green light, while the same paints would turn brown.

Change the ratio. Three parts blue to one part green gives a teal (#00666E), while one part blue to three parts green gives a green (#167E4E). To lighten the result add white, and to darken it add a little black.

Use color-mix(in oklch, #1D4ED8 50%, #1E8C45 50%), which gives #007985. OKLCH keeps the middle of the mix bright, while mixing in sRGB tends to turn it gray.