Medium turquoise

#42e4e4

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 #42e4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#42e4e4

RGB66, 228, 228

HSL180, 75%, 58%

HSV180, 71%, 89%

CMYK71%, 0%, 0%, 11%

Lab83.04, -40.14, -12.0

XYZ43.99, 62.25, 83.09

Decimal4383972

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone319 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#1ed3d3 #1bbcbc #18a5a5 #148e8e #117777 #0e6060 #0a4949 #073232 #041b1b

Tints of medium turquoise

#65e9e9 #87eeee #99f0f0 #aaf3f3 #bbf5f5 #cdf8f8 #defafa #effdfd

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#e44242 Analogous#42e493 Analogous#4293e4 Triadic#e442e4 Triadic#e4e442 Split complementary#e44293 Split complementary#e49342

Medium turquoise in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 71, 0, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #42e4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 0 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 4 4 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #42e4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #42e4e4; }
.text { color: #42e4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #42e4e4; }

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 #42e4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #42e4e4 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 #42e4e4 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 #42e4e4 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 #42e4e4 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.