Pale turquoise

#a3d5cc

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, relaxed 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 #a3d5cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a3d5cc
RGB163, 213, 204
HSL169, 37%, 74%
HSV169, 23%, 84%
CMYK23%, 0%, 4%, 16%
Lab81.69, -18.01, -0.85
XYZ49.8, 59.73, 66.03
Decimal10737100
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone324 C
Pantone324 CHex#a3d5ccRgb163 213 204Cmyk23 0 4 16Lab82 -18 -1Darker#49a090Deep#72bfb1Lighter#d5eae6

Shades of pale turquoise

Tints of pale turquoise

Colors that go with pale turquoise

Pale turquoise in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 23, 0, 4, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a3d5cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
23 0 4 16
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
25 4 8 22
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 #a3d5cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a3d5cc; }
.text { color: #a3d5cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a3d5cc; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a3d5cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.62:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
12.95:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a3d5cc 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 #a3d5cc 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 #a3d5cc 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

Every value on this page for #a3d5cc is computed, not guessed. 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.