Medium turquoise

#12dbd8

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

Medium turquoise lands where green meets blue, mid and vivid. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #12dbd8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#12dbd8

RGB18, 219, 216

HSL179, 85%, 46%

HSV179, 92%, 86%

CMYK92%, 0%, 1%, 14%

Lab79.47, -43.25, -11.02

XYZ37.98, 55.75, 73.72

Decimal1235928

Web safe#00cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#10c8c5 #0fb5b2 #0da2a0 #0c8f8d #0a7c7a #096967 #075554 #054242 #042f2f #021c1c

Tints of medium turquoise

#1aece9 #32eeeb #49f0ee #61f2f0 #79f4f2 #90f6f4 #a8f8f7 #bffaf9 #d7fcfb #effefd

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#db1215 Analogous#12db73 Analogous#1279db Triadic#d812db Triadic#dbd812 Split complementary#db1279 Split complementary#db7312

Medium turquoise in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 92, 0, 1, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #12dbd8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

92 0 1 14

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

89 4 5 20

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #12dbd8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #12dbd8; }
.text { color: #12dbd8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #12dbd8; }

How medium turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #12dbd8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #12dbd8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #12dbd8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn medium turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #12dbd8 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #12dbd8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.