Turquoise

#2bdacd

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

Turquoise lands where green meets blue, mid and strong. 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 #2bdacd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2bdacd

RGB43, 218, 205

HSL176, 70%, 51%

HSV176, 80%, 85%

CMYK80%, 0%, 6%, 15%

Lab79.08, -44.45, -5.7

XYZ37.09, 55.06, 66.43

Decimal2874061

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of turquoise

#23cbbe #20b7ac #1da399 #199087 #167c75 #126962 #0f5550 #0b413d #082e2b #051a18

Tints of turquoise

#52e1d6 #66e4db #7ae8e0 #8debe4 #a1efe9 #b5f2ed #c8f5f2 #dcf9f7 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#da2b38 Analogous#2bda76 Analogous#2b8fda Triadic#cd2bda Triadic#dacd2b Split complementary#da2b8f Split complementary#da762b

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 80, 0, 6, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2bdacd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 0 6 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 4 10 21

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 #2bdacd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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 #2bdacd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2bdacd 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 #2bdacd 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 #2bdacd 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 #2bdacd 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.