What is the hex code for Turquoise?

Turquoise is #40e0d0. In CSS the keyword turquoise, the hex #40e0d0, rgb(64, 224, 208) and hsl(174, 72%, 56%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Turquoise on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #e04050, 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 Turquoise for text?

Turquoise as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.64:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 12.79:1, 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

Turquoise color: hex #40e0d0, RGB and HSL

Turquoise is the CSS keyword turquoise, hex #40e0d0, rgb(64, 224, 208), hsl(174, 72%, 56%). It is a medium, vivid 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: turquoise
Hex: #40e0d0
RGB: rgb(64, 224, 208)
HSL: hsl(174, 72%, 56%)
On white: 1.64:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 12.79:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: turquoise;          /* keyword */
  color: #40e0d0;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(64, 224, 208); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(174, 72%, 56%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with turquoise

Each match keeps 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 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.

#e04050

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.

#e040a0

#e08040

Triadic

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

#d040e0

#e0d040

Analogous

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

#40e080

#40a0e0

Tints and shades of turquoise

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

Tints (lighter)

#60e5d8

#80eae0

#a0f0e8

#bff5ef

#dffaf7

Shades (darker)

#22cebd

#1ba597

#147c72

#0d534c

#072926

A UI color palette built from turquoise

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from 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: #40e0d0
secondary: #e040a0
accent: #e08040
background: #fcfdfd
surface: #f3f7f6
text: #112221
muted: #568f8a
border: #dfeceb

Dark mode

primary: #40e0d0
secondary: #e040a0
accent: #e08040
background: #0e1b19
surface: #152826
text: #f3f6f6
muted: #94b8b4
border: #274946

Open turquoise in the palette generator

Using 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 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 Turquoise?: Turquoise is #40e0d0. In CSS the keyword turquoise, the hex #40e0d0, rgb(64, 224, 208) and hsl(174, 72%, 56%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Turquoise?: Its complement is #e04050, the split-complementary pair is #e040a0 and #e08040, the triadic partners are #d040e0 and #e0d040, and the analogous neighbors are #40e080 and #40a0e0. In an interface, use Turquoise for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Turquoise on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #e04050, 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 Turquoise for text?: Turquoise as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.64:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 12.79:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.