Turquoise (#30D5C8)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 1.83:1 — vs black: 11.48:1

Color values

HEX #30D5C8
RGB rgb(48, 213, 200)
HSL hsl(175, 77%, 83%)
CMYK cmyk( 77.46, 0, 6.1, 16.47 )
Websafe #33CCCC

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Tags

Mood

Style

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Background (190)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #30D5C8 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Turquoise
#30D5C8 Base

#D5303D

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Turquoise
#30D5C8 Base

#30D576

#3090D5

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Turquoise
#30D5C8 Base

#C830D5

#D5C830

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Turquoise
#30D5C8 Base

#D53090

#D57630

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Turquoise
#30D5C8 Base

#7630D5

#D5303D

#90D530

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Turquoise
#30D5C8 Base

#125A54

#1F9990

#25B7AC

#52DCD1

#70E2D9

#AFEFEA

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Turquoise, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #041514

— #0C3C39

— #14645D

— #1C8B82

— #24B2A7

Turquoise #30D5C8 Base

— #55DDD2

— #7AE4DC

— #9FECE6

— #C5F3EF

— #EAFBF9

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #30D5C8. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #30D5C8;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #30D5C8;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #30D5C8;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #30D5C8,
        #F6B4BA
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #30D5C8,
        #F6B4BA
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$turquoise: #30D5C8;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$turquoise-r: 48;
$turquoise-g: 213;
$turquoise-b: 200;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $turquoise;
    color: rgba($turquoise-r, $turquoise-g, $turquoise-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Turquoise appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #30D5C8 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #B8B8CA Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #CBCBC8 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #39D3D3 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #BFBFBF Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Turquoise ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Turquoise #30D5C8 Base

Turquoise #40E0D0 ΔE 2.76

Medium Turquoise #48D1CC ΔE 3.15

Robin's Egg Blue #1FCECB ΔE 3.72

Bright Turquoise #08E8DE ΔE 4.58

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.