Medium turquoise

#3bc5bf

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

Medium 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.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #3bc5bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3bc5bf

RGB59, 197, 191

HSL177, 54%, 50%

HSV177, 70%, 77%

CMYK70%, 0%, 3%, 23%

Lab72.64, -37.27, -7.65

XYZ31.17, 44.62, 56.26

Decimal3917247

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone325 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#35b4af #30a39e #2b918d #26807c #216f6b #1c5d5a #164c49 #113a39 #0c2928 #071817

Tints of medium turquoise

#4dcac5 #5fd0cb #72d5d1 #84dbd7 #96e0dd #a8e5e3 #bbebe9 #cdf0ef #dff6f5 #f1fbfb

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#c53b41 Analogous#3bc57a Analogous#3b86c5 Triadic#bf3bc5 Triadic#c5bf3b Split complementary#c53b86 Split complementary#c57a3b

Medium 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 70, 0, 3, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3bc5bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 0 3 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 4 7 29

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.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #3bc5bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3bc5bf; }
.text { color: #3bc5bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3bc5bf; }

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 #3bc5bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3bc5bf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3bc5bf 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3bc5bf 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 #3bc5bf are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.