Turquoise

#88e3cc

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

This is Turquoise, a strong teal at 165 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #88e3cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#88e3cc

RGB136, 227, 204

HSL165, 62%, 71%

HSV165, 40%, 89%

CMYK40%, 0%, 10%, 11%

Lab84.24, -32.47, 2.7

XYZ48.52, 64.53, 67.03

Decimal8971212

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3245 C

Shades of turquoise

#6dddc0 #52d6b5 #37d0a9 #2cba96 #259f81 #1f846b #196955 #124f3f #0c342a #061914

Tints of turquoise

#9de8d5 #a7ead9 #b2edde #bcefe2 #c7f2e7 #d1f4eb #dcf7f0 #e6f9f4 #f1fcf9

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#e3889f Analogous#88e39f Analogous#88cce3 Triadic#cc88e3 Triadic#e3cc88 Split complementary#e388cc Split complementary#e39f88

Turquoise in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 40, 0, 10, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #88e3cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 0 10 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 4 13 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 #88e3cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #88e3cc; }
.text { color: #88e3cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #88e3cc; }

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 #88e3cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #88e3cc 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 #88e3cc 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 #88e3cc 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 #88e3cc 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.