Medium turquoise

#88cbc6

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, confident 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 #88cbc6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#88cbc6
RGB136, 203, 198
HSL176, 39%, 66%
HSV176, 33%, 80%
CMYK33%, 0%, 2%, 20%
Lab77.29, -22.2, -4.26
XYZ41.7, 52.02, 61.27
Decimal8965062
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone318 C
Pantone318 CHex#88cbc6Rgb136 203 198Cmyk33 0 2 20Lab77 -22 -4Darker#3c8983Deep#56b5aeLighter#bcdfdc

Shades of medium turquoise

Tints of medium turquoise

Colors that go with medium turquoise

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 33, 0, 2, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #88cbc6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
33 0 2 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
34 4 6 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 #88cbc6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #88cbc6; }
.text { color: #88cbc6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #88cbc6; }

How medium turquoise looks on light and dark

Medium turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #88cbc6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.84:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
11.40:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #88cbc6 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 #88cbc6 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 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 #88cbc6 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #88cbc6 are worked out. 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.