Medium aquamarine

#38cdaf

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Medium aquamarine color values

Every conversion for #38cdaf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#38cdaf

RGB56, 205, 175

HSL168, 60%, 51%

HSV168, 73%, 80%

CMYK73%, 0%, 15%, 20%

Lab74.57, -45.48, 3.84

XYZ31.2, 47.6, 48.1

Decimal3722671

Web safe#33cc99

Pantone3258 C

Shades of medium aquamarine

#30bea2 #2bac92 #279982 #228773 #1d7563 #196253 #145044 #0f3d34 #0b2b24 #061815

Tints of medium aquamarine

#4ad2b6 #5dd6be #6fdbc5 #82e0cd #94e4d4 #a7e9dc #b9ede3 #ccf2ea #def7f2 #f1fbf9

Colors that go with medium aquamarine

Complementary#cd3856 Analogous#38cd65 Analogous#38a0cd Triadic#af38cd Triadic#cdaf38 Split complementary#cd38a0 Split complementary#cd6538

Medium aquamarine in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 73, 0, 15, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #38cdaf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 0 15 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 4 18 26

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #38cdaf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #38cdaf; }
.text { color: #38cdaf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #38cdaf; }

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 #38cdaf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #38cdaf 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 #38cdaf 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 #38cdaf 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

Here is how the numbers for #38cdaf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.