Pale turquoise

#a8c8b9

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

This is Pale turquoise, a muted green at 152 degrees. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Pale turquoise color values

Every conversion for #a8c8b9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a8c8b9
RGB168, 200, 185
HSL152, 23%, 72%
HSV152, 16%, 78%
CMYK16%, 0%, 8%, 22%
Lab77.96, -13.67, 3.92
XYZ45.56, 53.14, 53.75
Decimal11061433
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone557 C
Pantone557 CHex#a8c8b9Rgb168 200 185Cmyk16 0 8 22Lab78 -14 4Darker#578a72Deep#7cac96Lighter#d5e3dc

Shades of pale turquoise

Tints of pale turquoise

Colors that go with pale turquoise

Pale turquoise in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 8, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a8c8b9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
16 0 8 22
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
19 4 11 28
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 #a8c8b9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a8c8b9; }
.text { color: #a8c8b9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a8c8b9; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a8c8b9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.81:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
11.63:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a8c8b9 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 #a8c8b9 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
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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 #a8c8b9 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

Here is how the numbers for #a8c8b9 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.