Turquoise (#40E0D0)

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: 1.64:1 — vs black: 12.79:1

Color values

HEX #40E0D0
RGB rgb(64, 224, 208)
HSL hsl(174, 71%, 87%)
CMYK cmyk( 71.43, 0, 7.14, 12.16 )

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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 #40E0D0 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

Turquoise
#40E0D0 Base

#E04050

Analogous

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

Turquoise
#40E0D0 Base

#40E080

#40A0E0

Triadic

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

Turquoise
#40E0D0 Base

#D040E0

#E0D040

Split-Complementary

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

Turquoise
#40E0D0 Base

#E040A0

#E08040

Tetradic (Square)

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

Turquoise
#40E0D0 Base

#8040E0

#E04050

#A0E040

Monochromatic

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

Turquoise
#40E0D0 Base

#13746A

#1EB6A7

#23D5C3

#63E6D9

#82EBE0

#C4F5F0

Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

— #041614

— #0B433D

— #127067

— #1A9D90

— #21CBBA

Turquoise #40E0D0 Base

— #62E5D8

— #84EBE1

— #A5F0E9

— #C7F6F1

— #E9FBFA

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #40E0D0. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #40E0D0;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #40E0D0;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #40E0D0;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #40E0D0,
        #F6CACE
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #40E0D0,
        #F6CACE
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$turquoise: #40E0D0;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$turquoise-r: 64;
$turquoise-g: 224;
$turquoise-b: 208;

// 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 #40E0D0 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #C3C3D2 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 #D6D6D0 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #49DEDE Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #CACACA 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 #40E0D0 Base

Turquoise #30D5C8 ΔE 2.76

Bright Turquoise #08E8DE ΔE 2.99

Medium Turquoise #48D1CC ΔE 5.00

Robin's Egg Blue #1FCECB ΔE 5.98

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.