Aquamarine

#87f8bc

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

Aquamarine is a light green that feels relaxed. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Aquamarine color values

Every conversion for #87f8bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#87f8bc

RGB135, 248, 188

HSL148, 89%, 75%

HSV148, 46%, 97%

CMYK46%, 0%, 24%, 3%

Lab89.82, -45.52, 18.98

XYZ52.64, 75.92, 59.46

Decimal8911036

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone353 C

Shades of aquamarine

#66f6a9 #44f497 #23f284 #0de572 #0bc362 #09a251 #088140 #066030 #043e1f #021d0e

Tints of aquamarine

#9cf9c8 #b0fad3 #bbfbd9 #c5fcdf #cffce4 #dafdea #e4fdf0 #eefef6

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#f887c3 Analogous#8af887 Analogous#87f8f5 Triadic#bc87f8 Triadic#f8bc87 Split complementary#f587f8 Split complementary#f8878a

Aquamarine in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 46, 0, 24, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #87f8bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 0 24 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 4 26 9

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 #87f8bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #87f8bc; }
.text { color: #87f8bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87f8bc; }

How aquamarine looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Aquamarine and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #87f8bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #87f8bc 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 #87f8bc 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 #87f8bc 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

The figures for #87f8bc 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. 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.