What is the hex code for Dark Turquoise?

Dark Turquoise is #00ced1. In CSS the keyword darkturquoise, the hex #00ced1, rgb(0, 206, 209) and hsl(181, 100%, 41%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Dark Turquoise on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #d10300, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Dark Turquoise for text?

Dark Turquoise as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.95:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 10.75:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Blues

Dark Turquoise color: hex #00ced1, RGB and HSL

Dark Turquoise is the CSS keyword darkturquoise, hex #00ced1, rgb(0, 206, 209), hsl(181, 100%, 41%). It is a dark, fully saturated cyan in the blues family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: darkturquoise
Hex: #00ced1
RGB: rgb(0, 206, 209)
HSL: hsl(181, 100%, 41%)
On white: 1.95:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 10.75:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: darkturquoise;          /* keyword */
  color: #00ced1;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(0, 206, 209); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(181, 100%, 41%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with dark turquoise

Each match keeps dark turquoise's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside dark turquoise as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#d10300

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#d10065

#d16c00

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#d100ce

#ced100

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#00d16c

#0065d1

Tints and shades of dark turquoise

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as dark turquoise — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#04fbff

#36fcff

#68fdff

#9bfeff

#cdfeff

Shades (darker)

#00acae

#00898b

#006769

#004546

#002223

A UI color palette built from dark turquoise

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from dark turquoise as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #00ced1
secondary: #d10065
accent: #d16c00
background: #fcfdfd
surface: #f3f7f7
text: #112222
muted: #568f8f
border: #dfecec

Dark mode

primary: #1afcff
secondary: #ff1a89
accent: #ff901a
background: #0e1a1b
surface: #152828
text: #f3f6f6
muted: #94b7b8
border: #274849

Open dark turquoise in the palette generator

Using dark turquoise in an interface

Blue is the default interface color for a reason: it sits comfortably behind content, it has a wide usable lightness range for hover and pressed states, and its complement (orange) leaves red and green free for status. Most of the good primaries in this set are here. Whichever role dark turquoise takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Dark Turquoise?: Dark Turquoise is #00ced1. In CSS the keyword darkturquoise, the hex #00ced1, rgb(0, 206, 209) and hsl(181, 100%, 41%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Dark Turquoise?: Its complement is #d10300, the split-complementary pair is #d10065 and #d16c00, the triadic partners are #d100ce and #ced100, and the analogous neighbors are #00d16c and #0065d1. In an interface, use Dark Turquoise for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Dark Turquoise on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #d10300, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Dark Turquoise for text?: Dark Turquoise as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.95:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 10.75:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.