Aquamarine

#48fdc5

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

This is Aquamarine, a vivid teal at 161 degrees. 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.

Aquamarine color values

Every conversion for #48fdc5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#48fdc5

RGB72, 253, 197

HSL161, 98%, 64%

HSV161, 72%, 99%

CMYK72%, 0%, 22%, 1%

Lab89.7, -57.78, 13.92

XYZ47.88, 75.66, 64.9

Decimal4783557

Web safe#33ffcc

Pantone3385 C

Shades of aquamarine

#2bfdbc #0efcb3 #03eaa2 #02cd8e #02b07a #029366 #017652 #01593d #013b29 #001e15

Tints of aquamarine

#69fdcf #7afed5 #8afeda #9bfedf #abfee4 #bcfeea #ccfeef #ddfff4 #edfff9

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#fd4880 Analogous#48fd6a Analogous#48dbfd Triadic#c548fd Triadic#fdc548 Split complementary#fd48da Split complementary#fd6a48

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 72, 0, 22, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #48fdc5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 0 22 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 4 24 7

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.

Aquamarine in css

Copy #48fdc5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #48fdc5; }
.text { color: #48fdc5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #48fdc5; }

How aquamarine looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Aquamarine and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #48fdc5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #48fdc5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Aquamarine on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #48fdc5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 aquamarine into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #48fdc5 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 aquamarine, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #48fdc5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.