Medium aquamarine

#18cdae

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for medium aquamarine, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Medium aquamarine is a mid teal, grounded between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Medium aquamarine color values

Every conversion for #18cdae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#18cdae

RGB24, 205, 174

HSL170, 79%, 45%

HSV170, 88%, 80%

CMYK88%, 0%, 15%, 20%

Lab74.13, -48.65, 3.69

XYZ29.85, 46.91, 47.53

Decimal1625518

Web safe#00cc99

Pantone3258 C

Shades of medium aquamarine

#16bb9f #14a990 #129881 #108672 #0e7463 #0c6254 #095144 #073f35 #052d26 #031b17

Tints of medium aquamarine

#1be4c2 #4aeace #62edd5 #79efdb #91f2e1 #a8f5e8 #c0f8ee #d7faf4 #effdfb

Colors that go with medium aquamarine

Complementary#cd1837 Analogous#18cd54 Analogous#1891cd Triadic#ae18cd Triadic#cdae18 Split complementary#cd1891 Split complementary#cd5418

Medium aquamarine in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 88, 0, 15, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #18cdae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

88 0 15 20

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

85 4 18 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium aquamarine in css

Copy #18cdae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #18cdae; }
.text { color: #18cdae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #18cdae; }

How medium aquamarine looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium aquamarine and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #18cdae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #18cdae against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium aquamarine on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #18cdae sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium aquamarine? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium aquamarine into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #18cdae and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium aquamarine, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #18cdae is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.