Aqua

#78fffa

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

Aqua lands where green meets blue, light and vivid. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Aqua color values

Every conversion for #78fffa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#78fffa

RGB120, 255, 250

HSL178, 100%, 74%

HSV178, 53%, 100%

CMYK53%, 0%, 2%, 0%

Lab92.76, -38.06, -8.91

XYZ60.76, 82.42, 103.15

Decimal7929850

Web safe#66ffff

Pantone3242 C

Shades of aqua

#56fff9 #33fff7 #00ede4 #00cbc3 #00a8a2 #008681 #006360 #00413f #001f1d

Tints of aqua

#8ffffb #a7fffc #b3fffc #befffd #cafffd #d6fffd #e1fffe #edfffe

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#ff787d Analogous#78ffb7 Analogous#78c0ff Triadic#fa78ff Triadic#fffa78 Split complementary#ff78c0 Split complementary#ffb778

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 53, 0, 2, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #78fffa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 0 2 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 4 6 6

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 #78fffa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #78fffa; }
.text { color: #78fffa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78fffa; }

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 #78fffa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #78fffa 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 #78fffa 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 #78fffa 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 #78fffa 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.