Turquoise

#74dfd1

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 172 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 #74dfd1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#74dfd1

RGB116, 223, 209

HSL172, 63%, 66%

HSV172, 48%, 87%

CMYK48%, 0%, 6%, 13%

Lab82.43, -34.28, -2.69

XYZ45.1, 61.09, 69.74

Decimal7659473

Web safe#66cccc

Pantone3242 C

Shades of turquoise

#5bd9c9 #42d3c0 #2ec8b4 #28af9e #239687 #1d7d71 #17645a #114b43 #0b322d #061916

Tints of turquoise

#80e2d5 #8de5d9 #99e8dd #a6eae1 #b2ede6 #bff0ea #cbf3ee #d8f6f2 #e4f9f6 #f0fcfa

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#df7482 Analogous#74df9b Analogous#74b7df Triadic#d174df Triadic#dfd174 Split complementary#df74b7 Split complementary#df9b74

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 48, 0, 6, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #74dfd1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 0 6 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Turquoise in css

Copy #74dfd1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #74dfd1; }
.text { color: #74dfd1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #74dfd1; }

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 #74dfd1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #74dfd1 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 #74dfd1 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 #74dfd1 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 #74dfd1 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.