Turquoise

#53dabe

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #53dabe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#53dabe

RGB83, 218, 190

HSL168, 65%, 59%

HSV168, 62%, 85%

CMYK62%, 0%, 13%, 15%

Lab79.44, -43.26, 2.93

XYZ37.93, 55.7, 57.47

Decimal5495486

Web safe#66cccc

Pantone333 C

Shades of turquoise

#3dd5b6 #2ccbaa #27b597 #229f85 #1d8872 #197260 #145c4d #0f463a #0a2f28 #051915

Tints of turquoise

#63ddc4 #72e1ca #82e4d0 #92e8d6 #a2ebdc #b1eee2 #c1f2e8 #d1f5ee #e1f8f4 #f0fcf9

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#da536f Analogous#53da7b Analogous#53b3da Triadic#be53da Triadic#dabe53 Split complementary#da53b3 Split complementary#da7a53

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 62, 0, 13, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #53dabe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 0 13 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 4 16 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 #53dabe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #53dabe; }
.text { color: #53dabe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #53dabe; }

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 #53dabe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #53dabe 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 #53dabe 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 #53dabe 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 #53dabe are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.