Medium turquoise

#8cbdb5

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

Medium turquoise lands where green meets blue, mid and muted. 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 #8cbdb5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8cbdb5

RGB140, 189, 181

HSL170, 27%, 65%

HSV170, 26%, 74%

CMYK26%, 0%, 4%, 26%

Lab73.09, -17.78, -1.2

XYZ37.35, 45.31, 50.49

Decimal9223605

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone563 C

Shades of medium turquoise

#79b2a9 #66a79d #57988e #4c857c #42726a #375f59 #2c4c47 #213935 #162624 #0b1312

Tints of medium turquoise

#96c3bc #a1c9c2 #abcfc9 #b5d5d0 #c0dbd6 #cae1dd #d5e7e4 #dfedea #e9f3f1 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with medium turquoise

Complementary#bd8c94 Analogous#8cbd9c Analogous#8cadbd Triadic#b58cbd Triadic#bdb58c Split complementary#bd8cad Split complementary#bd9c8c

Medium 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, 4, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8cbdb5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 0 4 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 4 8 32

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 #8cbdb5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8cbdb5; }
.text { color: #8cbdb5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8cbdb5; }

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 #8cbdb5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8cbdb5 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 #8cbdb5 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 #8cbdb5 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 #8cbdb5 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.