#34DFD4 is a mid-toned, cool cyan. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #34DFD4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #34DFD4 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Turquoise opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Turquoise keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Turquoise is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Turquoise carrying the quiet middle.
Turquoise is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Turquoise.
Turquoise anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
How #34DFD4 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #34DFD4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #34DFD4;
--color-base-rgb: 52 223 212;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.9% 0.133 188.2);
--color-50: #F1FDFD;
--color-100: #DBFAF8;
--color-200: #B9F4F0;
--color-300: #88E7E0;
--color-400: #5DD5CD;
--color-500: #3ABBB2;
--color-600: #338E88;
--color-700: #2A6561;
--color-800: #1F4240;
--color-900: #152827;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
turquoise: {
50: '#F1FDFD',
100: '#DBFAF8',
200: '#B9F4F0',
300: '#88E7E0',
400: '#5DD5CD',
500: '#3ABBB2',
600: '#338E88',
700: '#2A6561',
800: '#1F4240',
900: '#152827',
},
}
$base: #34DFD4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F1FDFD; $base-100: #DBFAF8; $base-200: #B9F4F0; $base-300: #88E7E0; $base-400: #5DD5CD; $base-500: #3ABBB2; $base-600: #338E88; $base-700: #2A6561; $base-800: #1F4240; $base-900: #152827; $base-hover: #1EBFB4; $base-subtle: #C8EFED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#34DFD4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FDFD",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DBFAF8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B9F4F0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#88E7E0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#5DD5CD",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3ABBB2",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#338E88",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2A6561",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1F4240",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#152827",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}