Pale turquoise

#adddc9

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

Pale turquoise sits in the green range, light and soft. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Pale turquoise color values

Every conversion for #adddc9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#adddc9
RGB173, 221, 201
HSL155, 41%, 77%
HSV155, 22%, 87%
CMYK22%, 0%, 9%, 13%
Lab84.39, -19.53, 4.73
XYZ53.63, 64.81, 64.94
Decimal11394505
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone571 C
Pantone571 CHex#adddc9Rgb173 221 201Cmyk22 0 9 13Lab84 -20 5Darker#4ab286Deep#7bc8a8Lighter#e0f1ea

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 22, 0, 9, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #adddc9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
22 0 9 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
24 4 12 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 #adddc9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #adddc9; }
.text { color: #adddc9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #adddc9; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #adddc9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.50:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
13.96:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #adddc9 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 #adddc9 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 #adddc9 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #adddc9 is computed, not guessed. 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.