Turquoise

#79ead9

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

Turquoise is a light teal, open between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #79ead9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#79ead9

RGB121, 234, 217

HSL171, 73%, 70%

HSV171, 48%, 92%

CMYK48%, 0%, 7%, 8%

Lab85.97, -36.34, -1.71

XYZ49.83, 67.92, 76.13

Decimal7989977

Web safe#66ffcc

Pantone3245 C

Shades of turquoise

#5de6d1 #41e1c9 #25ddc1 #1fc3aa #1aa792 #168b79 #116f61 #0d5348 #093630 #041a17

Tints of turquoise

#85ecdc #91eee0 #9df0e3 #a8f1e6 #b4f3ea #c0f5ed #ccf7f1 #d8f9f4 #e4fbf7 #f0fdfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#ea798a Analogous#79eaa1 Analogous#79c3ea Triadic#d979ea Triadic#ead979 Split complementary#ea79c2 Split complementary#eaa179

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, 7, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #79ead9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 0 7 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 4 10 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #79ead9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #79ead9; }
.text { color: #79ead9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79ead9; }

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 #79ead9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #79ead9 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 #79ead9 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 #79ead9 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 #79ead9 are worked out. 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.