Medium turquoise

#83d8cd

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

Medium turquoise is a mid teal, balanced between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Medium turquoise color values

Every conversion for #83d8cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#83d8cd

RGB131, 216, 205

HSL172, 52%, 68%

HSV172, 39%, 85%

CMYK39%, 0%, 5%, 15%

Lab80.93, -28.29, -2.7

XYZ44.94, 58.34, 66.65

Decimal8640717

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone3242 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#6bd0c3 #53c9ba #3cc0af #35a899 #2d9083 #26786d #1e5f57 #164741 #0f2f2b #071715

Tints of medium turquoise

#8edbd1 #99dfd6 #a4e2da #afe6df #bae9e3 #c5ede8 #d0f0ec #dbf4f1 #e6f7f5 #f1fbfa

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#d8838e Analogous#83d8a3 Analogous#83b9d8 Triadic#cd83d8 Triadic#d8cd83 Split complementary#d883b9 Split complementary#d8a383

Medium turquoise in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 39, 0, 5, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #83d8cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 0 5 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 4 9 21

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.

Medium turquoise in css

Copy #83d8cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #83d8cd; }
.text { color: #83d8cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #83d8cd; }

How medium turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #83d8cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #83d8cd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #83d8cd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn medium turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #83d8cd 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 medium turquoise, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #83d8cd are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.