Information about Turquoise color

#40E0D0 - Turquoise color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#40E0D0, known as "Turquoise", falls into the Cyan Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(64, 224, 208) — 25.1% red, 87.8% green, 81.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 63 / 0 / 6 / 12. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#40E0D0 is a strongly colored aqua cyan that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Emilija (#40E0D1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are El Bizanti Turquoise (#40DFCF) and Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC).

The recipe behind #40E0D0 is rgb(64, 224, 208), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #40E0D0: 12.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Turquoise" in the Register.

Turquoise color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Turquoise color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Turquoise

#40E0D0
#64E5D8

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#8BECE2

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#B1F2EB

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#D8F8F5

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White

#FFFFFF

Turquoise color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Turquoise

#40E0D0
#1FC4B4

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#179387

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#0F625A

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#07312D

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Black

#000000

Turquoise color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Turquoise

#40E0D0
#49CEC0

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#55BBB1

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#62A8A1

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#709490

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Grey

#808080

Turquoise color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#4E3EDF

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#3E6EDF

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Turquoise

#40E0D0
#3EDF8E

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#3EDF4E

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#6EDF3E

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Turquoise color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
#40E0D0
Turquoise

#40E0D0

#E03E4E
#E03E4E

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
#40E0D0
Turquoise

#40E0D0

#E07F3E
#E07F3E

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#E03E9F
#E03E9F

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
#3E9FE0
#3E9FE0

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#40E0D0
Turquoise

#40E0D0

#3EE07F
#3EE07F

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
#40E0D0
Turquoise

#40E0D0

#CF3EE0
#CF3EE0

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#E0CF3E
#E0CF3E

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
#40E0D0
Turquoise

#40E0D0

#3E4EE0
#3E4EE0

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#E03E4E
#E03E4E

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#E0CF3E
#E0CF3E

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Turquoise

#40E0D0

#7F3EE0
#7F3EE0

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#E03E4E
#E03E4E

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#9FE03E
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Nearest named colors to Turquoise

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Emilija color link
Emilija

#40E0D1

El Bizanti Turquoise color link
El Bizanti Turquoise

#40DFCF

Medium Turquoise color link
Medium Turquoise

#48D1CC

Green Sea color link
Green Sea

#4FE8CC

Deep Dreaming Mint color link
Deep Dreaming Mint

#33ECC9

Brilliant Opal color link
Brilliant Opal

#51E7D5

Brilliant Turquoise color link
Brilliant Turquoise

#51E7C2

Jellyfish color link
Jellyfish

#46C7C7

Sea Serpent color link
Sea Serpent

#4BC7CF

Aqua Marine color link
Aqua Marine

#2EE8BB

Brilliant Cyan color link
Brilliant Cyan

#51E7E7

Brilliant Arctic Blue color link
Brilliant Arctic Blue

#51D5E7

Turquoise color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#40E0D0
  • RGB64, 224, 208
  • CMYK63, 0, 6, 12
  • CSSrgb(64, 224, 208)
  • HSL174°, 72%, 56%
  • HSL Precise174°, 72.072%, 56.471%
  • HSV174°, 71%, 88%
  • HSB174°, 71%, 88%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.878
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.816
  • GLSLvec3(0.251, 0.878, 0.816)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.251, 0.878, 0.816, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.251, 0.878, 0.816)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB87.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB81.6%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID40E0D0
  • DECIMAL ID4251856
  • Name Length9
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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