Pale turquoise

#a4d7ca

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

Pale turquoise is a light teal, open 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.

Pale turquoise color values

Every conversion for #a4d7ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a4d7ca
RGB164, 215, 202
HSL165, 39%, 74%
HSV165, 24%, 84%
CMYK24%, 0%, 6%, 16%
Lab82.25, -19.13, 1.03
XYZ50.27, 60.76, 64.95
Decimal10803146
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone324 C
Pantone324 CHex#a4d7caRgb164 215 202Cmyk24 0 6 16Lab82 -19 1Darker#48a48dDeep#72c1adLighter#d7ece6

Shades of pale turquoise

Tints of pale turquoise

Colors that go with pale turquoise

Pale 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 24, 0, 6, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a4d7ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
24 0 6 16
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
26 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.

Pale turquoise in css

Copy #a4d7ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a4d7ca; }
.text { color: #a4d7ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a4d7ca; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a4d7ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.60:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
13.15:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a4d7ca against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a4d7ca sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

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

Four patterns built from #a4d7ca and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from pale turquoise, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #a4d7ca come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.