Turquoise

#83dfd2

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

Turquoise is a mid teal, balanced 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 #83dfd2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#83dfd2
RGB131, 223, 210
HSL172, 59%, 69%
HSV172, 41%, 87%
CMYK41%, 0%, 6%, 13%
Lab83.05, -30.48, -2.24
XYZ47.38, 62.25, 70.49
Decimal8642514
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone3242 C
Pantone3242 CHex#83dfd2Rgb131 223 210Cmyk41 0 6 13Lab83 -30 -2Darker#2ba896Deep#4ad0bdLighter#beebe5

Shades of turquoise

Tints of turquoise

Colors that go with turquoise

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 41, 0, 6, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #83dfd2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
41 0 6 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
42 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 #83dfd2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #83dfd2; }
.text { color: #83dfd2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #83dfd2; }

How turquoise looks on light and dark

Turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #83dfd2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.56:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
13.45:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #83dfd2 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 #83dfd2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #83dfd2 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from turquoise, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #83dfd2 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.