Aqua

#61e9f9

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 #61e9f9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#61e9f9

RGB97, 233, 249

HSL186, 93%, 68%

HSV186, 61%, 98%

CMYK61%, 6%, 0%, 2%

Lab85.84, -32.2, -18.82

XYZ51.17, 67.66, 99.99

Decimal6416889

Web safe#66ffff

Pantone310 C

Shades of aqua

#43e5f8 #09daf2 #08bed4 #07a3b5 #068897 #056c79 #03515a #02363c #011a1d

Tints of aqua

#7dedfa #99f1fb #a7f3fc #b5f5fc #c4f7fd #d2f9fd #e0fbfe #eefdfe

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#f97161 Analogous#61f9bd Analogous#619df9 Triadic#f961e9 Triadic#e9f961 Split complementary#f9619d Split complementary#f9bd61

Aqua in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 61, 6, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #61e9f9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 6 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 10 4 8

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 #61e9f9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #61e9f9; }
.text { color: #61e9f9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #61e9f9; }

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 #61e9f9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #61e9f9 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 #61e9f9 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 #61e9f9 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

Here is how the numbers for #61e9f9 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.