Medium turquoise

#8cd6ca

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

This is Medium turquoise, a soft teal at 170 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #8cd6ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8cd6ca

RGB140, 214, 202

HSL170, 47%, 69%

HSV170, 35%, 84%

CMYK35%, 0%, 6%, 16%

Lab80.7, -25.62, -1.38

XYZ45.52, 57.93, 64.66

Decimal9230026

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3242 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#74cebf #5cc5b4 #44bda9 #3ba694 #338e7f #2a766a #225e54 #19463f #112e2a #081714

Tints of medium turquoise

#96dacf #a0ddd3 #abe1d8 #b5e5dd #bfe8e1 #c9ece6 #d3efeb #ddf3f0 #e8f7f4 #f2faf9

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#d68c98 Analogous#8cd6a5 Analogous#8cbdd6 Triadic#ca8cd6 Triadic#d6ca8c Split complementary#d68cbd Split complementary#d6a58c

Medium turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 35, 0, 6, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8cd6ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 0 6 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

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

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #8cd6ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8cd6ca; }
.text { color: #8cd6ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8cd6ca; }

How medium turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8cd6ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8cd6ca against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8cd6ca sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium 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 medium turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8cd6ca 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 medium turquoise, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #8cd6ca are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.