Turquoise

#42dfd1

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

Turquoise is a mid teal, grounded between blue and green. 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 #42dfd1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#42dfd1

RGB66, 223, 209

HSL175, 71%, 57%

HSV175, 70%, 87%

CMYK70%, 0%, 6%, 13%

Lab81.04, -43.12, -4.9

XYZ40.14, 58.54, 69.5

Decimal4382673

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of turquoise

#22cbbc #1fb5a7 #1b9f93 #17897f #13736a #105c56 #0c4641 #08302d #041a18

Tints of turquoise

#65e5d9 #76e8de #87ebe2 #99eee6 #aaf1ea #bcf4ef #cdf7f3 #def9f7 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#df4250 Analogous#42df83 Analogous#429edf Triadic#d142df Triadic#dfd142 Split complementary#df429f Split complementary#df8342

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 70, 0, 6, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #42dfd1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 0 6 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 4 10 19

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 #42dfd1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #42dfd1; }
.text { color: #42dfd1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #42dfd1; }

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 #42dfd1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #42dfd1 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 #42dfd1 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 #42dfd1 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 #42dfd1 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.