Turquoise

Turquoise is vacation water — bright, clear, irresistible against deep navy. It lifts travel, tropical, and jewelry brands, but needs darkness behind it to avoid fizzing out.

travel brandsjewelrytropical themes

Values in every format

HEX: #40e0d0
RGB: rgb(64, 224, 208)
HSL: hsl(174, 72%, 57%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.822 0.131 185.1)
CMYK: cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 12.2%)

Hue family: Blue · closest CSS name: turquoise. Convert this color

Perceptual shade scale

Eleven even steps from 50 to 950, computed in OKLCH — the starred stop is #40E0D0 itself.

50#e1fffa
100#befcf3
200#9df1e6
300 ★#40e0d0
400#3ccbbd
500#00b1a3
600#00968a
700#007a70
800#006058
900#004943
950#002d29

Build a full system from #40E0D0

Harmonies with turquoise

Complementary

Maximum contrast — use one side for action, the other sparingly.

#40e0d0 #e04050

Analogous

Neighbors on the wheel — calm, cohesive, hard to get wrong.

#40e080 #40e0d0 #40a0e0

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues — vibrant, needs one clear leader.

#40e0d0 #d040e0 #e0d040

Measured contrast

on white1.64:1 · fails AA

on black12.79:1 · AA normal ✓

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