Turquoise

#2cddcf

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

Turquoise is a mid teal, confident between blue and green. 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 #2cddcf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2cddcf

RGB44, 221, 207

HSL175, 72%, 52%

HSV175, 80%, 87%

CMYK80%, 0%, 6%, 13%

Lab80.04, -45.12, -5.35

XYZ38.16, 56.75, 67.97

Decimal2940367

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of turquoise

#22d0c2 #1ebcaf #1ba89d #18938a #157f77 #116b64 #0e5751 #0b433e #072f2b #041a19

Tints of turquoise

#40e0d3 #53e3d8 #67e6dc #7aeae1 #8eede5 #a1f0ea #b5f3ee #c9f6f3 #dcf9f7 #f0fdfc

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#dd2c3a Analogous#2cdd77 Analogous#2c92dd Triadic#cf2cdd Triadic#ddcf2c Split complementary#dd2c92 Split complementary#dd772c

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 80, 0, 6, 13.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 0 6 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 4 10 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Turquoise in css

Copy #2cddcf straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2cddcf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2cddcf 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2cddcf 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

Here is how the numbers for #2cddcf are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.