Aqua

#83fffa

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 #83fffa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#83fffa

RGB131, 255, 250

HSL178, 100%, 76%

HSV178, 49%, 100%

CMYK49%, 0%, 2%, 0%

Lab93.12, -35.85, -8.33

XYZ62.38, 83.25, 103.22

Decimal8650746

Web safe#99ffff

Pantone3242 C

Shades of aqua

#5ffff9 #3cfff7 #00f4ea #00d0c8 #00ada6 #008984 #006662 #00423f #001f1d

Tints of aqua

#98fffb #adfffc #b8fffc #c3fffd #cdfffd #d8fffd #e3fffe #edfffe

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#ff8388 Analogous#83ffbc Analogous#83c6ff Triadic#fa83ff Triadic#fffa83 Split complementary#ff83c6 Split complementary#ffbc83

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 49, 0, 2, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #83fffa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 0 2 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 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 #83fffa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #83fffa; }
.text { color: #83fffa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #83fffa; }

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 #83fffa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #83fffa 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 #83fffa 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 #83fffa 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 #83fffa is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.