Dark turquoise

#45bcbf

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

Dark turquoise lands where green meets blue, mid and soft. 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.

Dark turquoise color values

Every conversion for #45bcbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#45bcbf

RGB69, 188, 191

HSL181, 49%, 51%

HSV181, 64%, 75%

CMYK64%, 2%, 0%, 25%

Lab70.17, -31.6, -11.32

XYZ29.84, 40.99, 55.63

Decimal4570303

Web safe#33cccc

Pantone3125 C

Shades of dark turquoise

#3daeb0 #379d9f #318c8e #2b7b7d #256a6c #1f5a5b #19494a #143839 #0e2728 #081617

Tints of dark turquoise

#56c2c5 #68c8cb #79cfd1 #8ad5d7 #9bdbdd #ade1e3 #bee8e9 #cfeeef #e0f4f4 #f2fafa

Colors that go with dark turquoise

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Dark 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 64, 2, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #45bcbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 2 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 6 4 31

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.

Dark turquoise in css

Copy #45bcbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #45bcbf; }
.text { color: #45bcbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #45bcbf; }

How dark turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #45bcbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #45bcbf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #45bcbf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #45bcbf 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 dark turquoise, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #45bcbf 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.