Turquoise

#00cfbc

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for turquoise, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Turquoise lands where green meets blue, deep and vivid. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #00cfbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#00cfbc
RGB0, 207, 188
HSL174, 100%, 41%
HSV174, 100%, 81%
CMYK100%, 0%, 9%, 19%
Lab74.99, -46.57, -2.64
XYZ31.39, 48.26, 55.24
Decimal53180
Web safe#00cccc
Pantone3265 C
Pantone3265 CHex#00cfbcRgb0 207 188Cmyk100 0 9 19Lab75 -47 -3Darker#00403aDeep#00887bLighter#23f3e0

Shades of turquoise

Tints of turquoise

Colors that go with turquoise

Turquoise in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 100, 0, 9, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #00cfbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
100 0 9 19
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
96 4 12 25
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Turquoise in css

Copy #00cfbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #00cfbc; }
.text { color: #00cfbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00cfbc; }

How turquoise looks on light and dark

Turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #00cfbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.97:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.65:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #00cfbc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #00cfbc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around turquoise? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #00cfbc and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from turquoise, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #00cfbc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.