Turquoise

#45dfd4

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

Turquoise is a mid teal, balanced between blue and green. 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 #45dfd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#45dfd4

RGB69, 223, 212

HSL176, 71%, 57%

HSV176, 69%, 87%

CMYK69%, 0%, 5%, 13%

Lab81.18, -41.93, -6.28

XYZ40.73, 58.79, 71.49

Decimal4579284

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of turquoise

#23cdc0 #1fb6ab #1ca096 #188a81 #14736d #105d58 #0c4743 #08302e #041a19

Tints of turquoise

#67e5dc #78e8e0 #89ebe4 #9aeee8 #abf1ec #bdf4f0 #cef7f4 #dff9f8 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#df4550 Analogous#45df87 Analogous#459ddf Triadic#d445df Triadic#dfd445 Split complementary#df459d Split complementary#df8745

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 69, 0, 5, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #45dfd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

69 0 5 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 4 9 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 #45dfd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #45dfd4; }
.text { color: #45dfd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #45dfd4; }

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 #45dfd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #45dfd4 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 #45dfd4 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 #45dfd4 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

Every value on this page for #45dfd4 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.