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Teal vs Turquoise


Teal vs Turquoise side by side color comparison. Compare the visual difference between Teal and Turquoise, and see how they look. Also compare color properties and color code in different color spaces & color models.


Delta E (ΔE) Color Difference

Teal is 71.86% similar to Turquoise. Color difference between Teal and Turquoise is 28.14 delta E(ΔE).


What is Delta E (ΔE)?

Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match.

ΔE 0
Identical – an exact match
ΔE under 1
Not perceptible; the eye cannot separate them
ΔE 1 – 2
Perceptible only on close, side-by-side inspection
ΔE 2 – 10
Perceptible at a glance
ΔE over 10
Reads as a different color altogether


Name: Name:
Teal Turquoise
Hex Color Code: Hex Color Code:
008080 40E0D0
RGB Color Code: RGB Color Code:
RGB(0, 128, 128)
Red: 0.0%
Green: 50.2%
Blue: 50.2%
RGB(64, 224, 208)
Red: 25.1%
Green: 87.8%
Blue: 81.6%
CMYK: CMYK:
Cyan: 100.0%
Magenta: 0.0%
Yellow: 0.0%
Key: 49.8%
Cyan: 71.4%
Magenta: 0.0%
Yellow: 7.1%
Key: 12.2%

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