Aquamarine

#85eecf

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

This is Aquamarine, a strong teal at 162 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Aquamarine color values

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

Hex#85eecf

RGB133, 238, 207

HSL162, 76%, 73%

HSV162, 44%, 93%

CMYK44%, 0%, 13%, 7%

Lab87.31, -37.65, 5.55

XYZ51.51, 70.64, 69.95

Decimal8777423

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone3375 C

Shades of aquamarine

#67eac3 #49e6b7 #2be2ac #1dce9a #19b083 #14926d #107457 #0c5741 #08392a #041b14

Tints of aquamarine

#9af1d7 #a5f2dc #b0f4e0 #baf5e4 #c5f7e8 #cff8ec #dafaf0 #e5fbf5 #effdf9

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#ee85a4 Analogous#85ee9b Analogous#85d9ee Triadic#cf85ee Triadic#eecf85 Split complementary#ee85d9 Split complementary#ee9b85

Aquamarine 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 44, 0, 13, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 0 13 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 4 16 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.

Aquamarine in css

Copy #85eecf straight into your stylesheet.

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

How aquamarine looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Aquamarine and accessibility

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

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

Aquamarine on a business card, sticker and pattern

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

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 aquamarine into a seamless pattern

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #85eecf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.