Pale turquoise

#caf4e4

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

Pale turquoise sits in the green range, light and strong. 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 #caf4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#caf4e4

RGB202, 244, 228

HSL157, 66%, 87%

HSV157, 17%, 96%

CMYK17%, 0%, 7%, 4%

Lab92.95, -16.57, 3.22

XYZ70.71, 82.86, 85.67

Decimal13300964

Web safe#ccffcc

Pantone331 C

Shades of pale turquoise

#a8edd2 #85e6c1 #63dfaf #40d79e #29c58a #22a372 #1b815a #145e42 #0c3c2a #051912

Tints of pale turquoise

#d2f6e8 #d9f7ec #e1f9f0 #e9faf4 #f0fcf7

Colors that go with pale turquoise

Complementary#f4cada Analogous#caf4cf Analogous#caeff4 Triadic#e4caf4 Triadic#f4e4ca Split complementary#f4caef Split complementary#f4cfca

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 17, 0, 7, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #caf4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 0 7 4

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 4 10 10

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 #caf4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #caf4e4; }
.text { color: #caf4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #caf4e4; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #caf4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #caf4e4 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 #caf4e4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #caf4e4 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #caf4e4 are worked out. 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.