Turquoise

#86e4cf

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

Turquoise lands where green meets blue, light and strong. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #86e4cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#86e4cf

RGB134, 228, 207

HSL167, 64%, 71%

HSV167, 41%, 89%

CMYK41%, 0%, 9%, 11%

Lab84.51, -32.78, 1.5

XYZ48.84, 65.06, 69.02

Decimal8840399

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3245 C

Shades of turquoise

#6bdec4 #50d8ba #35d2af #2abc9b #24a085 #1e856e #186a58 #124f41 #0c342b #061915

Tints of turquoise

#9be9d7 #a6ebdc #b1ede0 #bbf0e4 #c6f2e8 #d0f5ed #dbf7f1 #e6f9f5 #f0fcf9

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#e4869b Analogous#86e4a0 Analogous#86cae4 Triadic#cf86e4 Triadic#e4cf86 Split complementary#e486ca Split complementary#e4a086

Turquoise in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 41, 0, 9, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #86e4cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 0 9 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 4 12 17

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Turquoise in css

Copy #86e4cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #86e4cf; }
.text { color: #86e4cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #86e4cf; }

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 #86e4cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #86e4cf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #86e4cf 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #86e4cf 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

The figures for #86e4cf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.