Medium turquoise

#3bcbb8

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

This is Medium turquoise, a strong teal at 172 degrees. 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.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #3bcbb8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3bcbb8

RGB59, 203, 184

HSL172, 58%, 51%

HSV172, 71%, 80%

CMYK71%, 0%, 9%, 20%

Lab74.26, -41.88, -1.48

XYZ31.81, 47.1, 52.76

Decimal3918776

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3258 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#32bdaa #2daa9a #289889 #248679 #1f7468 #1a6158 #154f47 #103d37 #0b2a26 #061816

Tints of medium turquoise

#4dd0bf #5fd5c5 #72d9cc #84ded2 #96e3d9 #a8e8e0 #baede6 #cdf2ed #dff6f3 #f1fbfa

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#cb3b4e Analogous#3bcb70 Analogous#3b96cb Triadic#b83bcb Triadic#cbb83b Split complementary#cb3b96 Split complementary#cb703b

Medium turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 71, 0, 9, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3bcbb8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 0 9 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 4 12 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.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #3bcbb8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3bcbb8; }
.text { color: #3bcbb8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3bcbb8; }

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 #3bcbb8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3bcbb8 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 #3bcbb8 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 #3bcbb8 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

Every value on this page for #3bcbb8 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.