Medium turquoise

#28dcdd

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

This is Medium turquoise, a strong teal at 180 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.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #28dcdd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#28dcdd

RGB40, 220, 221

HSL180, 73%, 51%

HSV180, 82%, 87%

CMYK82%, 0%, 0%, 13%

Lab80.1, -41.03, -12.73

XYZ39.52, 56.86, 77.3

Decimal2677981

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone319 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#20cdcd #1db9ba #1aa5a6 #179192 #147d7e #116a6a #0e5656 #0a4242 #072e2e #041a1a

Tints of medium turquoise

#50e2e3 #64e6e6 #78e9ea #8ceced #a0eff0 #b4f3f3 #c8f6f6 #dcf9f9 #f0fcfd

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#dd2928 Analogous#28dd83 Analogous#2882dd Triadic#dd28dc Triadic#dcdd28 Split complementary#dd2882 Split complementary#dd8328

Medium turquoise in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 82, 0, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #28dcdd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 0 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 4 4 19

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.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #28dcdd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #28dcdd; }
.text { color: #28dcdd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #28dcdd; }

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 #28dcdd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #28dcdd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #28dcdd 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #28dcdd 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

Here is how the numbers for #28dcdd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.