Turquoise hex code
Turquoise
#40e0d0rgb(64, 224, 208)hsl(174, 72%, 56%)oklch(0.822 0.131 185.1)Turquoise is a light, moderately saturated cyan — #40e0d0, rgb(64, 224, 208), hue 174° at 72% saturation. The colours that go with turquoise are Charcoal, Crimson and Deep Sky Blue — each with the reason below, and the real palettes that pair them. It fails AA as text on white (1.64:1) but passes on black at 12.79:1 — a dark-mode colour, or a fill with dark type on it.
Colors that go with Turquoise
Charcoal, Crimson and Deep Sky Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for Turquoise: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with Turquoise in 4 real palettes, including Tiffany & Co.'s brand system and Formula 1's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Turquoise: 4 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Salesforce's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with Turquoise in 11 real palettes, including Crayon Box and Astro's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Light Coral #f08080
complementaryLight Coral sits directly opposite Turquoise on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Khaki #f0e68c
shipped3 real palettes, including Pastel Pop and Nursery put Khaki beside Turquoise, as the accent.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green shows up next to Turquoise in 3 real palettes, including Prisma's brand system and Netlify's brand system, as the lead colour.
Plum #dda0dd
triadicshippedPlum completes a triad with Turquoise — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use Turquoise
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Turquoise as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 12.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Turquoise as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #40e0d0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40e0d0-a2bebe-d459a1-1f292d-e9f1ed?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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