Medium turquoise

#36cbbd

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

Medium 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.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #36cbbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#36cbbd

RGB54, 203, 189

HSL174, 59%, 50%

HSV174, 73%, 80%

CMYK73%, 0%, 7%, 20%

Lab74.3, -41.16, -4.13

XYZ32.06, 47.17, 55.56

Decimal3591101

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3265 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#30baad #2ca89c #27968c #22847b #1e726a #19605a #144e49 #103c38 #0b2a27 #061817

Tints of medium turquoise

#49d0c3 #5bd5c9 #6ed9cf #81ded6 #93e3dc #a6e8e2 #b9ede8 #cbf2ee #def6f4 #f1fbfa

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#cb3644 Analogous#36cb73 Analogous#368ecb Triadic#bd36cb Triadic#cbbd36 Split complementary#cb368e Split complementary#cb7336

Medium turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 73, 0, 7, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #36cbbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 0 7 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 4 10 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #36cbbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #36cbbd; }
.text { color: #36cbbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #36cbbd; }

How medium turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #36cbbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #36cbbd 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 #36cbbd 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 #36cbbd 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

The figures for #36cbbd 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.