- Choose the right turquoise color to evoke mood and emotion
- A Brief History of Turquoise
- Turquoise varieties and color codes
- Turquoise
- light turquoise
- Medium turquoise
- dark turquoise
- turquoise blue
- manganese blue
- Blue (Aqua)
- light blue
- dark blue
- Aquamarine
- Medium Aquamarine
- light green
- green Blue
Choose the right turquoise color to evoke mood and emotion
Turquoise is a combination of blue and green. For illustrators and designers, turquoise is a color that evokes a subtle variety of emotions and moods, from the lighter shades that evoke a sweet, pleasant feel to the darker shades that shift to teal and exude a vibrant sophistication.
Turquoise has a healing and protective connotation, conjuring up images of oceans and seas. Due to its calming properties, the color turquoise is often used to decorate medical facilities, especially those where patients with mental illness are treated.
A Brief History of Turquoise
The name for turquoise comes from the gemstone that shares its hue. The word turquoise comes from Turkey, the country that first exported the blue-green stone to Europe.
In ancient times, turquoise was a mineral highly valued for its beautiful color. The stone has been associated with spiritual and religious beliefs throughout history. It was used in the Middle East to decorate domed buildings such as mosques. The Native Americans of the American Southwest mastered the art of turquoise jewelry. The stone is often combined with silver for a striking look.
Turquoise varieties and color codes
Here are some of the many shades of turquoise used in the design, along with their RGB and Hex color codes.
Turquoise
The combination of blue and green, turquoise tones have the same soothing effects as these colors. Like the mineral itself, the shades of turquoise range from nearly blue to deep green. SVG color keyword turquoise creates that color.
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Hex #40E0D0
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RGB 64.224.208
light turquoise
Pale Teal (Keyword SVG Color) pale turquoise ) is a watery blue with a soothing tone.
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Hex #AEEEEEE
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RGB 174.238,238
Medium turquoise
Medium Turquoise (Keyword SVG Color medium turquoise ) is reminiscent of the retro style of the 50s and 60s.
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Hex #48D1CC
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RGB 72 209 204
dark turquoise
Dark turquoise has a medium blue-green. The SVG color keyword is dark turquoise †
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Hex#00CED1
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RGB 0.206.209
turquoise blue
Despite the name, this shade of turquoise has a slightly more vibrant green than blue.
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Hex#00C78C
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RGB 0,199,140
manganese blue
Slightly bluer than Turquoise Blue, a manganese blue between turquoise and turquoise.
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Hex #03A89E
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RGB 3 168 158
Blue (Aqua)
SVG color keywords aqua And cyan give a blue-green color. Cyan is also one of the printing inks in CMYK or 4-color printing.
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Hex#00FFFF
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RGB 0.255.255
light blue
SVG keyword light cyan creates this light blue-green color.
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Hex#E0FFFF
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RGB 224.255.255
dark blue
SVG color keyword dark cyan is a blue-green color close to turquoise.
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Hex #008B8B
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RGB 0,139,139
Aquamarine
SVG color keyword aquamarine is a blue-green color that is a little less vibrant than plain old aqua.
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Hex#7FFFD4
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RGB 127 255 212
Medium Aquamarine
SVG keyword medium aquamarine gives you this blue-green that tends to the green side.
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Hex #66CDAA
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RGB 102 205 170
light green
Slightly bluer than other sea green colors, light green (keyword SVG color) light sea green ) is somewhere between medium turquoise and manganese blue.
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Hex#20B2AA
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RGB 32 178 170
green Blue
Teal (SVG color keyword green Blue ) is a darker, slightly more complex shade of turquoise, almost dark blue.
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Hex #008080
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RGB 0,128,128