Medium turquoise

#3bcdcc

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Medium turquoise color values

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

Hex#3bcdcc

RGB59, 205, 204

HSL180, 59%, 52%

HSV180, 71%, 80%

CMYK71%, 0%, 0%, 20%

Lab75.42, -37.27, -10.57

XYZ34.53, 48.95, 64.76

Decimal3919308

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone319 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#31c0bf #2cadac #279b9a #238887 #1e7575 #196362 #145050 #103e3d #0b2b2b #061818

Tints of medium turquoise

#4dd2d1 #5fd6d5 #72dbda #84e0df #96e4e4 #a8e9e8 #baeded #ccf2f2 #dff7f7 #f1fbfb

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#cd3b3c Analogous#3bcd83 Analogous#3b85cd Triadic#cc3bcd Triadic#cdcc3b Split complementary#cd3b85 Split complementary#cd833b

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 71, 0, 0, 20.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 0 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 4 4 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 #3bcdcc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3bcdcc 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 #3bcdcc 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 #3bcdcc 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 #3bcdcc are worked out. 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.