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Warm turquoise
A True Spring color
anchor color 4 of 10 in True Spring. Also called Warm Spring in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
Warm turquoise is the True Spring blue-green: a clear turquoise with the green slightly ahead of the blue. It is the rarest color in the palette to find in stores, because most turquoise for sale leans cool. It is a near match for Bright Spring's aqua and turquoise, and too green for the Winters.
Warm turquoise is an anchor color in True Spring. Its closest relative outside the palette is Clear warm aqua #29C4C4, a Bright Spring color, at a perceptual distance of 7. That is near enough for that season to wear it as a neutral, with the accents kept in its own palette.
At RGB 31, 195, 184 the green and blue are almost level, the green just ahead, and the red is very low. The green leading is what makes it warm; in the cool turquoises the blue leads. The low red is what keeps it clear. It is the turquoise of a tropical shallow or a piece of Southwestern stone, never the turquoise of a swimming pool. Push the blue ahead and it becomes Bright Winter's clear turquoise; add grey and it becomes the muted teal of the Autumns.
A True Spring wears it as one of the palette's statement colors: a dress, a knit, a swimsuit, a scarf at the face. It works with camel, cream and golden brown, and it is the color that most flatters a True Spring with golden or red hair. Coral and warm turquoise is the classic pairing; with golden yellow it reads more casual.
This is the color to buy when it appears. Retail turquoise runs cool most seasons, and the warm version shows up in spring and summer and then vanishes. Names are unreliable: turquoise, aqua, jade and tropical can all be either version. The photo is the test, and the daily grid on this site checks it against the swatch for you.
The nearest colors are Bright Spring's clear warm aqua at seven points and its warm turquoise at eight, close enough for the two Springs to share. Light Spring's warm aqua is twelve points off and paler. Bright Winter's clear turquoise is eighteen points off, and the difference is that the blue leads; that is the one to watch for, because it is what most stores sell. Light Summer's sea green and True Summer's cool mint are over twenty points off and greyed.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Clear warm aqua #29C4C4
Bright Spring anchor · ΔE 7
Warm turquoise #16BFA6
Bright Spring anchor · ΔE 8
Warm aqua #6FD6C6
Light Spring anchor · ΔE 12
Clear turquoise #12B3C4
Bright Winter anchor · ΔE 18
Light sea green #8FC6B4
Light Summer anchor · ΔE 22
Warm mint #9FE0C0
Light Spring anchor · ΔE 24
As of November 11, 2026, nothing in stock samples close to #1FC3B8. The guide below has the nearest colors that do. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
Yes. Warm turquoise (#1FC3B8) is an anchor color in the True Spring palette, and close enough to a Bright Spring color for that season to wear it as a neutral.
Because most turquoise in stores is the cool version, with the blue ahead of the green. Retail treats turquoise as a Winter or summer brights color and pushes it blue. The warm version shows up in spring and resort collections, so that is when to buy it.
No. Teal is darker and usually greyer. Warm turquoise is light enough and clear enough to read as a bright. A deep teal belongs to Dark Autumn and a soft teal to the Summers. On a True Spring, teal tends to look heavy.
For a True Spring: cream, camel, golden brown, coral, golden yellow, peach and warm navy. Coral with turquoise is the pairing to try first. Avoid black and cool grey, which make the turquoise look cold.
Yes. Bright Spring's clear warm aqua is seven points away and its warm turquoise eight, both close enough to pass as the same color. A Bright Spring can push it with warm navy and hot warm pink; a True Spring keeps it with camel and cream.
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