Turquoise

#86d7c9

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

Turquoise lands where green meets blue, mid and soft. 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 #86d7c9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#86d7c9

RGB134, 215, 201

HSL170, 50%, 68%

HSV170, 38%, 84%

CMYK38%, 0%, 7%, 16%

Lab80.68, -27.95, -0.92

XYZ44.67, 57.89, 64.08

Decimal8837065

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3242 C

Shades of turquoise

#6ecfbe #56c7b4 #3fbfa8 #37a793 #2f8f7e #277769 #1f5f54 #17473f #102f29 #081714

Tints of turquoise

#91dbce #9cded3 #a6e2d7 #b1e5dc #bce9e1 #c7ece6 #d1f0eb #dcf3ef #e7f7f4 #f2fbf9

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#d78694 Analogous#86d7a1 Analogous#86bcd7 Triadic#c986d7 Triadic#d7c986 Split complementary#d786bc Split complementary#d7a186

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 38, 0, 7, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #86d7c9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 0 7 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 4 10 22

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 #86d7c9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #86d7c9; }
.text { color: #86d7c9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #86d7c9; }

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 #86d7c9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #86d7c9 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 #86d7c9 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 #86d7c9 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 #86d7c9 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.