Medium turquoise

#42e2de

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #42e2de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#42e2de

RGB66, 226, 222

HSL179, 73%, 57%

HSV179, 71%, 89%

CMYK71%, 0%, 2%, 11%

Lab82.28, -40.91, -9.96

XYZ42.63, 60.82, 78.6

Decimal4383454

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#2bdfda #20d0cb #1cb9b5 #19a39f #158c89 #127573 #0f5f5d #0b4846 #083130 #041b1a

Tints of medium turquoise

#53e5e1 #65e7e4 #76eae7 #87edea #99efed #aaf2f0 #bbf5f3 #cdf7f6 #defaf9 #f0fdfc

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#e24246 Analogous#42e28e Analogous#4296e2 Triadic#de42e2 Triadic#e2de42 Split complementary#e24296 Split complementary#e28e42

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, 2, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #42e2de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 0 2 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 4 6 17

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #42e2de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #42e2de; }
.text { color: #42e2de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #42e2de; }

How medium turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #42e2de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #42e2de 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 #42e2de 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 #42e2de 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 #42e2de 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.