Turquoise

#3fd9bb

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 168 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.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #3fd9bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3fd9bb

RGB63, 217, 187

HSL168, 67%, 55%

HSV168, 71%, 85%

CMYK71%, 0%, 14%, 15%

Lab78.62, -46.64, 3.28

XYZ35.83, 54.27, 55.6

Decimal4184507

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone333 C

Shades of turquoise

#2ad5b4 #26c0a2 #22ab91 #1e967f #1a826d #166d5c #11584a #0d4339 #092e27 #051a16

Tints of turquoise

#62e0c8 #74e4ce #86e7d4 #98ebda #a9eee1 #bbf2e7 #cdf5ed #def9f3 #f0fcfa

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#d93f5d Analogous#3fd96e Analogous#3faad9 Triadic#bb3fd9 Triadic#d9bb3f Split complementary#d93faa Split complementary#d96e3f

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, 14, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3fd9bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 0 14 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 4 17 21

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.

Turquoise in css

Copy #3fd9bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3fd9bb; }
.text { color: #3fd9bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3fd9bb; }

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 #3fd9bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3fd9bb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3fd9bb 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3fd9bb 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 #3fd9bb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.