Turquoise

#35cbb5

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

Turquoise is a mid teal, balanced between blue and green. 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.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #35cbb5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#35cbb5

RGB53, 203, 181

HSL171, 59%, 50%

HSV171, 74%, 80%

CMYK74%, 0%, 11%, 20%

Lab74.06, -43.43, -0.15

XYZ31.16, 46.8, 51.11

Decimal3525557

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3258 C

Shades of turquoise

#30baa5 #2ba895 #279685 #228476 #1d7266 #196056 #144e46 #0f3c36 #0b2a26 #061816

Tints of turquoise

#48d0bc #5bd5c3 #6ddaca #80ded1 #93e3d7 #a6e8de #b8ede5 #cbf2ec #def7f3 #f1fbfa

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#cb354b Analogous#35cb6a Analogous#3596cb Triadic#b535cb Triadic#cbb535 Split complementary#cb3596 Split complementary#cb6a35

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 74, 0, 11, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #35cbb5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 0 11 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 4 14 26

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

Turquoise in css

Copy #35cbb5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #35cbb5; }
.text { color: #35cbb5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #35cbb5; }

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 #35cbb5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #35cbb5 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 #35cbb5 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 #35cbb5 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 #35cbb5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.