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Turquoise Color

#40e0d0

Turquoise Color

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A blue-green named after the turquoise gemstone, whose name comes from the French for 'Turkish,' as the stone reached Europe via Turkish trade routes.

Nearest Tailwind class teal-300 #46ecd5 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#40e0d0

RGB

rgb(64, 224, 208)

HSL

hsl(174, 72.1%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 71.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(81.26, -44.08, -4.03)

LCH

lch(81.26, 44.26, 185.22)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.1307, 185.09)

HWB

hwb(174, 25.1%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e04050

Analogous

#40e080

#40e0d0

#40a0e0

Triadic

#40e0d0

#d040e0

#e0d040

Split-complementary

#40e0d0

#e040a0

#e08040

Tetradic

#40e0d0

#4050e0

#e04050

#e0d040

Square

#40e0d0

#8040e0

#e04050

#a0e040

Shades

Turquoise Color mixed toward black.

#21cfbd

#1ba597

#147c72

#0d534c

#072926

Tints

Turquoise Color mixed toward white.

#60e5d8

#80eae0

#a0f0e8

#bff5ef

#dffaf7

Tones

Turquoise Color mixed toward gray.

#4dd3c5

#5bc5bb

#68b8b0

#75aba5

#839d9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a1d4 · ΔE 33.9

Deuteranopia

#978bd5 · ΔE 39.8

Tritanopia

#53d7d8 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #40e0d0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#40e0d0]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

Turquoise (#40e0d0) is rgb(64, 224, 208) in RGB.

No, #40e0d0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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