Turquoise

#26d2ba

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

This is Turquoise, a strong teal at 172 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #26d2ba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#26d2ba

RGB38, 210, 186

HSL172, 69%, 49%

HSV172, 82%, 82%

CMYK82%, 0%, 11%, 18%

Lab76.1, -46.6, 0.1

XYZ32.71, 50.05, 54.39

Decimal2544314

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3255 C

Shades of turquoise

#23c0aa #1fad99 #1c9b89 #198879 #157668 #126458 #0f5148 #0b3f38 #082c27 #051a17

Tints of turquoise

#36dbc4 #4adeca #5fe2d0 #74e6d6 #89eadc #9dede2 #b2f1e8 #c7f5ee #dbf9f4 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#d2263e Analogous#26d264 Analogous#2694d2 Triadic#ba26d2 Triadic#d2ba26 Split complementary#d22694 Split complementary#d26426

Turquoise in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 82, 0, 11, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #26d2ba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 0 11 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 4 14 24

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #26d2ba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #26d2ba; }
.text { color: #26d2ba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #26d2ba; }

How turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #26d2ba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #26d2ba 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 #26d2ba sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #26d2ba 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 turquoise, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #26d2ba 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.