Turquoise

#8edcd0

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #8edcd0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8edcd0

RGB142, 220, 208

HSL171, 53%, 71%

HSV171, 35%, 86%

CMYK35%, 0%, 5%, 14%

Lab82.64, -26.64, -1.72

XYZ48.13, 61.49, 69.01

Decimal9362640

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3242 C

Shades of turquoise

#75d4c5 #5bccbb #42c4b0 #36af9d #2e9686 #277d6f #1f6359 #174a42 #0f312b #071715

Tints of turquoise

#98dfd4 #a2e2d8 #ace5dc #b6e8e1 #c0ebe5 #caeee9 #d4f2ed #ddf5f1 #e7f8f5 #f1fbf9

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#dc8e9a Analogous#8edca9 Analogous#8ec1dc Triadic#d08edc Triadic#dcd08e Split complementary#dc8ec1 Split complementary#dca98e

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 35, 0, 5, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8edcd0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 0 5 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 4 9 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Turquoise in css

Copy #8edcd0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8edcd0; }
.text { color: #8edcd0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8edcd0; }

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 #8edcd0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8edcd0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8edcd0 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8edcd0 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 #8edcd0 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.