Pale turquoise

#b5dfd1

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

Pale turquoise lands where green meets blue, light and soft. 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 #b5dfd1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5dfd1

RGB181, 223, 209

HSL160, 40%, 79%

HSV160, 19%, 87%

CMYK19%, 0%, 6%, 13%

Lab85.61, -16.43, 2.33

XYZ56.95, 67.2, 70.29

Decimal11919313

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone572 C

Shades of pale turquoise

#9bd4c1 #81c8b1 #67bda0 #4db290 #42987b #367e66 #2b6451 #20493c #152f26 #091511

Tints of pale turquoise

#bbe2d5 #c1e4d9 #c7e7dc #ceeae0 #d4ece4 #daefe8 #e0f2ec #e6f4f0 #ecf7f3 #f3faf7

Colors that go with pale turquoise

Complementary#dfb5c3 Analogous#b5dfbc Analogous#b5d8df Triadic#d1b5df Triadic#dfd1b5 Split complementary#dfb5d8 Split complementary#dfbcb5

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 19, 0, 6, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5dfd1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 0 6 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 4 10 19

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 #b5dfd1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5dfd1; }
.text { color: #b5dfd1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5dfd1; }

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 #b5dfd1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5dfd1 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 #b5dfd1 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 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 #b5dfd1 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

Every value on this page for #b5dfd1 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.