Turquoise

#89e8dc

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 172 degrees. 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 #89e8dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#89e8dc

RGB137, 232, 220

HSL172, 67%, 72%

HSV172, 41%, 91%

CMYK41%, 0%, 5%, 9%

Lab86.11, -30.93, -3.01

XYZ52.09, 68.2, 78.13

Decimal9038044

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone3245 C

Shades of turquoise

#6de2d4 #50ddcb #34d7c3 #26c4b0 #21a796 #1b8b7d #166f63 #10524a #0b3630 #051a17

Tints of turquoise

#9eece2 #b2f0e8 #bdf2eb #c7f4ee #d1f6f1 #dbf8f4 #e6faf8 #f0fcfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#e88995 Analogous#89e8ad Analogous#89c4e8 Triadic#dc89e8 Triadic#e8dc89 Split complementary#e889c4 Split complementary#e8ad89

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 41, 0, 5, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #89e8dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 0 5 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 4 9 15

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 #89e8dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #89e8dc; }
.text { color: #89e8dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #89e8dc; }

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 #89e8dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #89e8dc 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 #89e8dc 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 #89e8dc 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

Every value on this page for #89e8dc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.