Turquoise
#40E0D0
Turquoise (#40E0D0) is a medium, vivid teal colour, cool. In RGB it is 64 red, 224 green and 208 blue; in HSL its hue is 174°, its saturation 72% and its lightness 56%. For print, its CMYK mix is 71% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 12% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Teal sits between green and blue, mixing calm with freshness. It is popular with health, tech and travel brands that want to feel modern without being cold.
Text on turquoise
White text on turquoise has a contrast ratio of 1.64:1 and fails; black text has 12.79:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 1.64:1
Black text · 12.79:1
Tints and shades of turquoise
Colour palettes with turquoise
Brands with a turquoise logo
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Use turquoise in CSS
.button {
background-color: #40E0D0;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of teal.