Pale turquoise

#a2dcd5

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, 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.

Pale turquoise color values

Every conversion for #a2dcd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2dcd5
RGB162, 220, 213
HSL173, 45%, 75%
HSV173, 26%, 86%
CMYK26%, 0%, 3%, 14%
Lab83.79, -19.89, -2.56
XYZ52.5, 63.67, 72.47
Decimal10673365
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone324 C
Pantone324 CHex#a2dcd5Rgb162 220 213Cmyk26 0 3 14Lab84 -20 -3Darker#41aea1Deep#6ec8beLighter#d7eeeb

Shades of pale turquoise

Tints of pale turquoise

Colors that go with pale turquoise

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 26, 0, 3, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2dcd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
26 0 3 14
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
28 4 7 20
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.

Pale turquoise in css

Copy #a2dcd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2dcd5; }
.text { color: #a2dcd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2dcd5; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a2dcd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.53:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
13.73:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2dcd5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a2dcd5 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn pale turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a2dcd5 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a2dcd5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.