Aqua

#69eeea

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

Aqua is a mid teal, confident 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.

Aqua color values

Every conversion for #69eeea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#69eeea

RGB105, 238, 234

HSL178, 80%, 67%

HSV178, 56%, 93%

CMYK56%, 0%, 2%, 7%

Lab87.04, -37.18, -9.11

XYZ51.25, 70.09, 88.67

Decimal6942442

Web safe#66ffff

Pantone3242 C

Shades of aqua

#4debe6 #31e8e2 #19e0da #16c4bf #13a8a3 #108c88 #0d706d #095451 #063836 #031b1b

Tints of aqua

#76f0ec #84f1ee #91f3f0 #9ff4f2 #acf6f3 #b9f7f5 #c7f9f7 #d4faf9 #e2fcfb #effdfd

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#ee696d Analogous#69eea8 Analogous#69afee Triadic#ea69ee Triadic#eeea69 Split complementary#ee69af Split complementary#eea869

Aqua 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 56, 0, 2, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #69eeea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 0 2 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 4 6 13

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Aqua in css

Copy #69eeea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #69eeea; }
.text { color: #69eeea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #69eeea; }

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 #69eeea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #69eeea against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Aqua on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #69eeea 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn aqua into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #69eeea 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 #69eeea 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.