Pale turquoise

#a8e0cc

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

Pale turquoise is a light green that feels soft. 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 #a8e0cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a8e0cc
RGB168, 224, 204
HSL159, 47%, 77%
HSV159, 25%, 88%
CMYK25%, 0%, 9%, 12%
Lab84.99, -21.96, 3.99
XYZ53.7, 66.0, 67.03
Decimal11067596
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone571 C
Pantone571 CHex#a8e0ccRgb168 224 204Cmyk25 0 9 12Lab85 -22 4Darker#41b88dDeep#73cdadLighter#def2eb

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 25, 0, 9, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a8e0cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
25 0 9 12
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
27 4 12 18
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 #a8e0cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a8e0cc; }
.text { color: #a8e0cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a8e0cc; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a8e0cc 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
14.20:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a8e0cc 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 #a8e0cc 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 #a8e0cc 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 #a8e0cc 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.