Pale turquoise

#b5fffa

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, 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.

Pale turquoise color values

Every conversion for #b5fffa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5fffa
RGB181, 255, 250
HSL176, 100%, 85%
HSV176, 29%, 100%
CMYK29%, 0%, 2%, 0%
Lab95.26, -23.64, -4.93
XYZ72.07, 88.25, 103.68
Decimal11927546
Web safe#ccffff
Pantone318 C
Pantone318 CHex#b5fffaRgb181 255 250Cmyk29 0 2 0Lab95 -24 -5Darker#26fff0Deep#6efff5Lighter#e2fdfc

Shades of pale turquoise

Tints of pale turquoise

Colors that go with pale turquoise

Pale turquoise in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 29, 0, 2, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5fffa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
29 0 2 0
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
31 4 6 6
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #b5fffa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5fffa; }
.text { color: #b5fffa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5fffa; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b5fffa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.13:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
18.65:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5fffa 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 #b5fffa 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 #b5fffa 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 #b5fffa 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.