Medium turquoise

#81cdbe

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

Medium 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.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #81cdbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#81cdbe

RGB129, 205, 190

HSL168, 43%, 65%

HSV168, 37%, 80%

CMYK37%, 0%, 7%, 20%

Lab77.31, -26.94, 0.03

XYZ40.18, 52.05, 56.64

Decimal8506814

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3248 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#6bc4b3 #56bca8 #45ae99 #3c9886 #348373 #2b6d60 #23574d #1a413a #112c26 #091613

Tints of medium turquoise

#8cd1c4 #98d6ca #a3dad0 #aedfd5 #bae3db #c5e8e1 #d0ece7 #dcf1ed #e7f5f3 #f2faf8

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#cd8190 Analogous#81cd98 Analogous#81b6cd Triadic#be81cd Triadic#cdbe81 Split complementary#cd81b6 Split complementary#cd9881

Medium 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 37, 0, 7, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #81cdbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 0 7 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 4 10 26

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.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #81cdbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #81cdbe; }
.text { color: #81cdbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #81cdbe; }

How medium turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #81cdbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #81cdbe against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #81cdbe sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium turquoise? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #81cdbe 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 medium turquoise, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #81cdbe come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.