Aqua

#87fef0

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 #87fef0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#87fef0

RGB135, 254, 240

HSL173, 98%, 76%

HSV173, 47%, 100%

CMYK47%, 0%, 6%, 0%

Lab92.72, -36.95, -3.74

XYZ61.16, 82.33, 95.1

Decimal8912624

Web safe#99ffff

Pantone3245 C

Shades of aqua

#63feec #40fde7 #02f4d7 #02d0b8 #01ad98 #018979 #01655a #01423a #001e1b

Tints of aqua

#9bfef3 #b0fef5 #bafef6 #c4fff8 #cffff9 #d9fffa #e3fffc #edfffd

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#fe8795 Analogous#87feb4 Analogous#87d0fe Triadic#f087fe Triadic#fef087 Split complementary#fe87d0 Split complementary#feb487

Aqua 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 47, 0, 6, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #87fef0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 0 6 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 4 10 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 #87fef0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #87fef0; }
.text { color: #87fef0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87fef0; }

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 #87fef0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #87fef0 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 #87fef0 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 #87fef0 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

Here is how the numbers for #87fef0 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.