Pale turquoise

#a5dfd8

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

This is Pale turquoise, a soft teal at 173 degrees. 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 #a5dfd8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a5dfd8
RGB165, 223, 216
HSL173, 48%, 76%
HSV173, 26%, 87%
CMYK26%, 0%, 3%, 13%
Lab84.86, -19.86, -2.57
XYZ54.3, 65.73, 74.79
Decimal10870744
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone324 C
Pantone324 CHex#a5dfd8Rgb165 223 216Cmyk26 0 3 13Lab85 -20 -3Darker#40b5a7Deep#70ccc1Lighter#dbf1ee

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 26, 0, 3, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a5dfd8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
26 0 3 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
28 4 7 19
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 #a5dfd8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a5dfd8; }
.text { color: #a5dfd8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a5dfd8; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a5dfd8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.48:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
14.15:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a5dfd8 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 #a5dfd8 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 #a5dfd8 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

Every value on this page for #a5dfd8 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.