Aqua

#76eaed

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

This is Aqua, a strong teal at 182 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Aqua color values

Every conversion for #76eaed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#76eaed

RGB118, 234, 237

HSL182, 77%, 70%

HSV182, 50%, 93%

CMYK50%, 1%, 0%, 7%

Lab86.41, -32.01, -11.58

XYZ52.18, 68.81, 90.65

Decimal7793389

Web safe#66ffff

Pantone3105 C

Shades of aqua

#59e6e9 #3de1e5 #1ac3c7 #16a7aa #138b8e #0f6f71 #0b5354 #073638 #041a1b

Tints of aqua

#8eeef0 #a6f1f3 #b3f3f5 #bff5f7 #cbf7f8 #d7f9fa #e3fbfb #effdfd

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#ed7976 Analogous#76edb4 Analogous#76afed Triadic#ed76ea Triadic#eaed76 Split complementary#ed76af Split complementary#edb476

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 50, 1, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #76eaed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 1 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 5 4 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Aqua in css

Copy #76eaed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #76eaed; }
.text { color: #76eaed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #76eaed; }

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 #76eaed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #76eaed 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 #76eaed 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 #76eaed 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 #76eaed is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.