Aquamarine

#87fcdf

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

Aquamarine is a light teal, soft between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Aquamarine color values

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

Hex#87fcdf

RGB135, 252, 223

HSL165, 95%, 76%

HSV165, 46%, 99%

CMYK46%, 0%, 12%, 1%

Lab91.73, -39.96, 3.62

XYZ58.12, 80.1, 82.21

Decimal8912095

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone332 C

Shades of aquamarine

#64fbd6 #41facc #1ff9c3 #06eeb5 #05cc9a #04a980 #038666 #02634b #024131 #011e17

Tints of aquamarine

#9cfde4 #b0fdea #bafded #c5feef #cffef2 #d9fef5 #e3fef8 #eefffa

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#fc87a4 Analogous#87fca5 Analogous#87dffc Triadic#df87fc Triadic#fcdf87 Split complementary#fc87de Split complementary#fca587

Aquamarine 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 46, 0, 12, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 0 12 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 4 15 7

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 #87fcdf straight into your stylesheet.

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

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 #87fcdf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

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

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #87fcdf are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.