Turquoise

#48dacd

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

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.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #48dacd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#48dacd

RGB72, 218, 205

HSL175, 66%, 57%

HSV175, 67%, 85%

CMYK67%, 0%, 6%, 15%

Lab79.57, -41.16, -4.92

XYZ38.76, 55.93, 66.51

Decimal4774605

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of turquoise

#32d6c7 #28c6b8 #24b0a4 #1f9b90 #1b857c #177068 #125a54 #0e4540 #0a2f2c #051918

Tints of turquoise

#6ae1d6 #7ae4db #8be8df #9cebe4 #adeee9 #bef2ed #cff5f2 #dff9f6 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#da4855 Analogous#48da84 Analogous#489eda Triadic#cd48da Triadic#dacd48 Split complementary#da489e Split complementary#da8448

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 67, 0, 6, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #48dacd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 0 6 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 4 10 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 #48dacd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #48dacd; }
.text { color: #48dacd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #48dacd; }

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 #48dacd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #48dacd 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 #48dacd 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 #48dacd 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 #48dacd is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.