Intense Teal
Intense Teal is a Blue paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. It appears in Inbe Tweens, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#017680LRV
13.70
Intense Teal's Color Strip
Intense Teal is the fourth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Splashy and Calypso. The strip spans from Jitterbug Jade at the lightest end to Hyper Blue at the deepest. Browsing strip 161 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.
Intense Teal in Rooms
Follow Intense Teal from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 10 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Bathroom Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Intense Teal (6943) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Intense Teal — wabi-sabi bathroom
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1 Dining Room Photo
Intense Teal (6943) can change noticeably under natural light, candles and pendant lighting. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Intense Teal paint in a rustic modern dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
The threshold between the street and the interior can draw different notes from Intense Teal (6943). The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
traditional front door featuring Intense Teal by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Home Office Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Intense Teal (6943) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Sherwin-Williams Intense Teal in a neutral home office
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1 Bedroom Photo
Viewed across 1 bedroom image in a room designed around rest, softness and retreat, Intense Teal (6943) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 13.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
A art deco bedroom painted in Intense Teal
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1 Living Room Photo
In a space shaped by conversation, quiet evenings and changing daylight, the most interesting quality of Intense Teal (6943) may be the way it responds to upholstery, timber, art and metal accents. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
A organic modern living room painted in Intense Teal
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1 House Photo
Intense Teal (6943) can change noticeably under full daylight, cloud cover and long evening shadows. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Intense Teal color — scandinavian house inspiration
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1 Kitchen Photo
Its place within Inbe Tweens hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit. In this setting, let daylight, task lighting and evening pendants and stone, timber, tile and metal finishes guide the final sample decision.
Intense Teal — contemporary kitchen
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1 Mudroom Photo
Intense Teal (6943) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes. Test it under doorway light and the softer illumination of an internal passage.
Intense Teal paint in a classy mudroom
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1 Patio Photo
Against stone, timber, metal, textiles and greenery, Intense Teal (6943) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. With an LRV of 13.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
minimalist patio featuring Intense Teal by Sherwin-Williams
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 84 vs 14, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 14, Shell White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 16 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Trim Color
At LRV 84 vs 14, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (17 vs 14) makes Briny the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (18 vs 14) makes Gulfstream the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 16 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 29 vs 14, Coral Reef is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 14, Lei Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Raucous Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 68 vs 14, Blushing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 29 vs 14, Emberglow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 14, Copper Harbor is decisively the brighter choice.
Bella Pink reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 14), opening up a space where Intense Teal encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Biscay reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 14), opening up a space where Intense Teal encloses it.
Surfer reflects far more light (LRV 29 vs 14), opening up a space where Intense Teal encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (21 vs 14) makes Splashy the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (18 vs 14) makes Gulfstream the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (14 vs 10) makes Intense Teal the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mosaic Tile reflects far more light (LRV NaN vs NaN), opening up a space where Intense Teal encloses it.
Intense Teal reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Intense Teal reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
Dive into the captivating depths of this cool teal. Its saturated, blue undertone creates a bold, energizing statement for a dramatic accent wall.