Turquoise

#8cdccd

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 soft. 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 #8cdccd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8cdccd

RGB140, 220, 205

HSL169, 53%, 71%

HSV169, 36%, 86%

CMYK36%, 0%, 7%, 14%

Lab82.47, -27.86, -0.39

XYZ47.43, 61.17, 67.06

Decimal9231565

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3245 C

Shades of turquoise

#73d4c2 #59cdb7 #40c5ac #35af98 #2e9682 #267c6c #1e6356 #174a40 #0f312a #071714

Tints of turquoise

#a0e2d6 #aae5da #b5e8df #bfebe3 #c9efe7 #d3f2ec #ddf5f0 #e7f8f5 #f1fbf9

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#dc8c9b Analogous#8cdca5 Analogous#8cc3dc Triadic#cd8cdc Triadic#dccd8c Split complementary#dc8cc3 Split complementary#dca58c

Turquoise in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 36, 0, 7, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 0 7 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 4 10 20

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 #8cdccd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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 #8cdccd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8cdccd 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 #8cdccd 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 #8cdccd 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 #8cdccd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.