Turquoise

#3bdcd3

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

This is Turquoise, a strong teal at 177 degrees. 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.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #3bdcd3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3bdcd3

RGB59, 220, 211

HSL177, 70%, 55%

HSV177, 73%, 86%

CMYK73%, 0%, 4%, 14%

Lab80.08, -42.09, -7.4

XYZ39.15, 56.82, 70.53

Decimal3923155

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of turquoise

#27d8ce #23c3ba #1fada6 #1b9891 #17837d #146e69 #105955 #0c4441 #082f2d #051a19

Tints of turquoise

#4ddfd7 #5fe2db #71e6df #83e9e3 #95ece7 #a8efeb #baf3ef #ccf6f3 #def9f8 #f0fcfc

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#dc3b44 Analogous#3bdc83 Analogous#3b94dc Triadic#d33bdc Triadic#dcd33b Split complementary#dc3b94 Split complementary#dc833b

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 73, 0, 4, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3bdcd3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 0 4 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 4 8 20

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 #3bdcd3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3bdcd3; }
.text { color: #3bdcd3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3bdcd3; }

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 #3bdcd3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3bdcd3 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 #3bdcd3 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 #3bdcd3 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

Here is how the numbers for #3bdcd3 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.