Turquoise

#74e6e2

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

Turquoise is a mid teal, balanced between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #74e6e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#74e6e2

RGB116, 230, 226

HSL178, 70%, 68%

HSV178, 50%, 90%

CMYK50%, 0%, 2%, 10%

Lab84.89, -33.35, -8.05

XYZ49.23, 65.8, 82.06

Decimal7661282

Web safe#66ffcc

Pantone3242 C

Shades of turquoise

#59e1dc #3fdcd7 #26d5cf #22bab5 #1da09b #188581 #136a67 #0e4f4d #093533 #051a19

Tints of turquoise

#80e8e5 #8deae7 #99edea #a6efec #b2f1ef #bef3f2 #cbf6f4 #d7f8f7 #e3faf9 #f0fcfc

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#e67478 Analogous#74e6a9 Analogous#74b1e6 Triadic#e274e6 Triadic#e6e274 Split complementary#e674b1 Split complementary#e6a974

Turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 50, 0, 2, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #74e6e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 0 2 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 4 6 16

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Turquoise in css

Copy #74e6e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #74e6e2; }
.text { color: #74e6e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #74e6e2; }

How turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #74e6e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #74e6e2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #74e6e2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around turquoise? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #74e6e2 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 turquoise, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #74e6e2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.