Turquoise

#56dfd0

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

This is Turquoise, a strong teal at 173 degrees. 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 #56dfd0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#56dfd0

RGB86, 223, 208

HSL173, 68%, 61%

HSV173, 61%, 87%

CMYK61%, 0%, 7%, 13%

Lab81.46, -40.43, -3.69

XYZ41.61, 59.31, 68.93

Decimal5693392

Web safe#66cccc

Pantone3252 C

Shades of turquoise

#3fdbc9 #28d5c2 #24bead #1fa697 #1b8f82 #17776d #126057 #0e4942 #09312d #051a17

Tints of turquoise

#75e5d9 #84e8dd #94ebe1 #a3eee5 #b2f0ea #c2f3ee #d1f6f2 #e1f9f7 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#df5665 Analogous#56df8c Analogous#56a9df Triadic#d056df Triadic#dfd056 Split complementary#df56a9 Split complementary#df8c56

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 61, 0, 7, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #56dfd0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 0 7 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 4 10 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 #56dfd0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #56dfd0; }
.text { color: #56dfd0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #56dfd0; }

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 #56dfd0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #56dfd0 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 #56dfd0 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 #56dfd0 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 #56dfd0 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.