Turquoise

#85eee0

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

Turquoise is a light teal, open 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.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #85eee0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#85eee0

RGB133, 238, 224

HSL172, 76%, 73%

HSV172, 44%, 93%

CMYK44%, 0%, 6%, 7%

Lab87.74, -33.78, -2.73

XYZ53.7, 71.52, 81.49

Decimal8777440

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone3245 C

Shades of turquoise

#67ead8 #49e6d1 #2be2c9 #1dceb6 #19b09c #149282 #107467 #0c574d #083932 #041b18

Tints of turquoise

#90efe3 #9af1e5 #a5f2e8 #b0f4eb #baf5ee #c5f7f0 #cff8f3 #dafaf6 #e5fbf8 #effdfb

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#ee8593 Analogous#85eeac Analogous#85c8ee Triadic#e085ee Triadic#eee085 Split complementary#ee85c8 Split complementary#eeac85

Turquoise in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 44, 0, 6, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #85eee0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 0 6 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 4 10 13

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

Turquoise in css

Copy #85eee0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #85eee0; }
.text { color: #85eee0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85eee0; }

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 #85eee0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #85eee0 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 #85eee0 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 #85eee0 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 #85eee0 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.