Medium turquoise

#8fd8cf

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

Medium turquoise is a light teal, relaxed between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #8fd8cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8fd8cf

RGB143, 216, 207

HSL173, 48%, 70%

HSV173, 34%, 85%

CMYK34%, 0%, 4%, 15%

Lab81.54, -24.64, -2.8

XYZ47.15, 59.46, 68.02

Decimal9427151

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3242 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#77d0c5 #5ec7ba #46bfb0 #3ba99b #329085 #2a786e #216058 #194742 #102f2b #081715

Tints of medium turquoise

#99dbd3 #a3dfd7 #ade2dc #b7e6e0 #c0e9e4 #caede8 #d4f0ed #def4f1 #e8f7f5 #f2faf9

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#d88f98 Analogous#8fd8aa Analogous#8fbcd8 Triadic#cf8fd8 Triadic#d8cf8f Split complementary#d88fbc Split complementary#d8aa8f

Medium 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 34, 0, 4, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8fd8cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 0 4 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 4 8 21

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 #8fd8cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8fd8cf; }
.text { color: #8fd8cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8fd8cf; }

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 #8fd8cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8fd8cf 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 #8fd8cf 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 #8fd8cf 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

The figures for #8fd8cf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.