Aqua

#7deff1

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

Aqua is a light teal, relaxed between blue and green. 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 #7deff1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7deff1

RGB125, 239, 241

HSL181, 81%, 72%

HSV181, 48%, 95%

CMYK48%, 1%, 0%, 5%

Lab88.18, -31.9, -11.01

XYZ55.2, 72.44, 94.29

Decimal8253425

Web safe#66ffff

Pantone318 C

Shades of aqua

#5febee #40e8ea #17ced1 #13b0b3 #109295 #0d7576 #095758 #06393a #031b1c

Tints of aqua

#94f2f3 #abf5f6 #b6f6f7 #c1f7f8 #cdf9fa #d8fafb #e3fcfc #effdfd

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#f17f7d Analogous#7df1b9 Analogous#7db5f1 Triadic#f17def Triadic#eff17d Split complementary#f17db5 Split complementary#f1b97d

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 48, 1, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7deff1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 1 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 5 4 11

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 #7deff1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7deff1; }
.text { color: #7deff1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7deff1; }

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 #7deff1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7deff1 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 #7deff1 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 #7deff1 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

The figures for #7deff1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.