Dark turquoise

#55c2ca

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

Dark turquoise lands where green meets blue, mid and soft. 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.

Dark turquoise color values

Every conversion for #55c2ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#55c2ca
RGB85, 194, 202
HSL184, 52%, 56%
HSV184, 58%, 79%
CMYK58%, 4%, 0%, 21%
Lab72.75, -28.64, -13.42
XYZ33.7, 44.78, 62.74
Decimal5620426
Web safe#66cccc
Pantone3115 C
Pantone3115 CHex#55c2caRgb85 194 202Cmyk58 4 0 21Lab73 -29 -13Darker#22696eDeep#339da4Lighter#8fd2d7

Shades of dark turquoise

Tints of dark turquoise

Colors that go with dark turquoise

Dark turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 58, 4, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #55c2ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
58 4 0 21
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
57 8 4 27
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.

Dark turquoise in css

Copy #55c2ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #55c2ca; }
.text { color: #55c2ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #55c2ca; }

How dark turquoise looks on light and dark

Dark turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #55c2ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.11:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.96:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #55c2ca against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #55c2ca sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #55c2ca and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark turquoise, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #55c2ca come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.