Medium aquamarine

#85cbbc

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

This is Medium aquamarine, a soft teal at 167 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Medium aquamarine color values

Every conversion for #85cbbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#85cbbc

RGB133, 203, 188

HSL167, 40%, 66%

HSV167, 34%, 80%

CMYK34%, 0%, 7%, 20%

Lab76.88, -25.31, 0.5

XYZ40.11, 51.33, 55.37

Decimal8768444

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone570 C

Shades of medium aquamarine

#70c2b0 #5ab9a4 #49ab96 #409683 #378171 #2e6b5e #25564b #1b4038 #122b26 #091513

Tints of medium aquamarine

#90d0c2 #9bd4c8 #a6d9ce #b1ded4 #bce2da #c7e7e0 #d2ece6 #ddf0ec #e8f5f2 #f2faf8

Colors that go with medium aquamarine

Complementary#cb8594 Analogous#85cb99 Analogous#85b7cb Triadic#bc85cb Triadic#cbbc85 Split complementary#cb85b7 Split complementary#cb9985

Medium aquamarine in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 34, 0, 7, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #85cbbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 0 7 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 4 10 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium aquamarine in css

Copy #85cbbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #85cbbc; }
.text { color: #85cbbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85cbbc; }

How medium aquamarine looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium aquamarine and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #85cbbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #85cbbc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium aquamarine on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #85cbbc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium aquamarine? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium aquamarine into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #85cbbc 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 medium aquamarine, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #85cbbc are worked out. 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.