Turquoise

#5bd9c5

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

Turquoise is a mid teal, grounded 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 #5bd9c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5bd9c5

RGB91, 217, 197

HSL170, 62%, 60%

HSV170, 58%, 85%

CMYK58%, 0%, 9%, 15%

Lab79.55, -39.64, -0.63

XYZ39.21, 55.88, 61.54

Decimal6019525

Web safe#66cccc

Pantone3255 C

Shades of turquoise

#44d4bd #30cdb4 #2ab6a0 #25a08c #208979 #1b7365 #155c51 #10463d #0b2f2a #061916

Tints of turquoise

#6adcca #79e0d0 #88e3d5 #97e7da #a6eadf #b5eee5 #c4f1ea #d3f5ef #e2f8f5 #f1fcfa

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#d95b6f Analogous#5bd986 Analogous#5baed9 Triadic#c55bd9 Triadic#d9c55b Split complementary#d95bae Split complementary#d9865b

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 58, 0, 9, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5bd9c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 0 9 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 4 12 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Turquoise in css

Copy #5bd9c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5bd9c5; }
.text { color: #5bd9c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5bd9c5; }

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 #5bd9c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5bd9c5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5bd9c5 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5bd9c5 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 #5bd9c5 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.