What color does blue and green make?
Mixing blue and green in equal parts gives #006a9b (Teal) — teal. That's the perceptual (Oklab) midpoint: the shade your eye treats as the true halfway point between the two colors.
#006a9b - HEX
- #006a9b
- RGB
- rgb(0, 106, 155)
- HSL
- hsl(199, 100%, 30%)
- CMYK
- cmyk(100%, 32%, 0%, 39%)
color-mix(in oklab, #0000ff 50%, #008000) Blue to Green: every ratio
How much of each color you use moves the answer along the blend path. The perceptual midpoint is the 50/50 row; the others show what a 3:1 ratio does in either direction.
Lighter and darker versions
Tint the mix toward white or shade it toward black and you get a small palette that all clearly belongs to the same family:
#548eb5 Tint #8db3ce 50/50 mix #006a9b Shade #002439 Darker #004668 Paint vs. screen: why the medium matters
Blue and green are neighbors on the wheel, so they mix cleanly into teal or turquoise in both paint and light. Because they share a wavelength family, no muddiness appears even at unusual ratios.
About these two colors
Blue #0000ff — A primary of both light and paint, sitting between cyan and violet on the wheel.
Green #008000 — Blue plus yellow in paint; the color the human eye can distinguish the most shades of.
Want to blend these with different colors entirely? Open the full color mixer, or convert #006a9b to RGB, HSL or CMYK.
Related mixes
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Frequently asked questions
Does blue and green make teal?
Yes — equal parts give teal, around #006a9b. The exact shade depends on your ratio: blue-heavy mixes lean toward #0052cd and green-heavy mixes toward #007865.
What is the HEX code for blue and green mixed?
A 50/50 perceptual mix is #006a9b (Teal). If you need it in CSS, the mixer above generates a ready-to-paste color-mix() snippet: color-mix(in oklab, #0000ff 50%, #008000).
What does blue and green make in paint vs. on a screen?
Blue and green are neighbors on the wheel, so they mix cleanly into teal or turquoise in both paint and light. Because they share a wavelength family, no muddiness appears even at unusual ratios.
How do I make the teal mix lighter or darker?
Mix the result with white to tint it — 50% white gives about #8db3ce — or with black to shade it, where 50% black gives about #002439. The strip above shows the full run from lighter to darker.