All About Color Turquoise

#40E0D0

The word turquoise comes from the French for "Turkish", as the gem was originally imported from Turkey. The first recorded use of turquoise as a color name in English was in 1573

About Turquoise

Turquoise is a medium cyan color with the hex code #40E0D0. In RGB it is red 64, green 224, blue 208; in HSL it is hue 174°, saturation 72%, lightness 56%; in CMYK it is 71%, 0%, 7%, 12%. Its contrast ratio is 1.64:1 on white and 12.79:1 on black.

#40E0D0 Color Conversion

Hex triplet40, E0, D0
CMYK71.43%, 0.00%, 7.14%, 12.16%
RGB Decimal64, 224, 208
HSL174°, 72%, 56%
RGB Octal100, 340, 320
HSV (HSB)174.00°, 71.43%, 87.84%
RGB Binary1000000, 11100000, 11010000
CIE-L*AB81.27, -44.08, -4.03
RGB Percent25.10%, 87.84%, 81.57%
CIE-L*CH81.27, 44.26, 185.23
XYZ40.16, 58.96, 68.94
CIE-L*UV81.27, -59.00, 0.74
xyY0.24, 0.35, 58.96
Hunter-Lab76.78, -41.02, 0.52
RYB25.10%, 58.12%, 87.84%

Color Accessibility Scores

#40E0D0 on a dark background: contrast 12.79:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#40E0D0 on a light background: contrast 1.64:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Turquoise, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Turquoise. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#40E0D0 · #8DECE3 · #1BA799 · #E03E4E · #EC8D97

Analogous palette

#4EE03E · #3EE07F · #40E0D0 · #3E9FE0 · #3E4EE0

Triadic palette

#40E0D0 · #CF3EE0 · #E0CF3E · #8DECE3 · #E38DEC

Tetradic palette

#40E0D0 · #7F3EE0 · #E03E4E · #9FE03E · #1BA799

Monochromatic palette

#137268 · #1DB4A5 · #40E0D0 · #80EAE0 · #C2F5F0

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