Aqua

#57efea

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

Aqua lands where green meets blue, mid and vivid. 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.

Aqua color values

Every conversion for #57efea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#57efea

RGB87, 239, 234

HSL178, 83%, 64%

HSV178, 64%, 94%

CMYK64%, 0%, 2%, 6%

Lab86.85, -40.64, -9.45

XYZ49.65, 69.7, 88.68

Decimal5763050

Web safe#66ffff

Pantone3252 C

Shades of aqua

#21eae3 #15d9d2 #12beb8 #10a39e #0d8884 #0a6d6a #08524f #053735 #031c1b

Tints of aqua

#75f2ee #94f5f2 #a3f6f3 #b2f8f5 #c1f9f7 #d0fbf9 #e0fcfb #effdfd

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#ef575c Analogous#57ef9e Analogous#57a8ef Triadic#ea57ef Triadic#efea57 Split complementary#ef57a8 Split complementary#ef9e57

Aqua in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 64, 0, 2, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #57efea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 0 2 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 4 6 12

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.

Aqua in css

Copy #57efea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #57efea; }
.text { color: #57efea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #57efea; }

How aqua looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Aqua and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #57efea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #57efea against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Aqua on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #57efea sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn aqua into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #57efea 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 aqua, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #57efea is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.