Aqua

#8dfdfa

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

Aqua is a light teal, soft 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 #8dfdfa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8dfdfa

RGB141, 253, 250

HSL178, 97%, 77%

HSV178, 44%, 99%

CMYK44%, 0%, 1%, 1%

Lab92.93, -32.75, -8.57

XYZ63.37, 82.82, 103.09

Decimal9305594

Web safe#99ffff

Pantone318 C

Shades of aqua

#69fcf8 #46fcf7 #04f4ee #04d1cb #03ada8 #028986 #026563 #014240 #011e1d

Tints of aqua

#a0fdfb #b4fefc #c7fefd #d1fefd #dafefd #e4fffe #edfffe

Colors that go with aqua

Complementary#fd8d90 Analogous#8dfdc2 Analogous#8dc8fd Triadic#fa8dfd Triadic#fdfa8d Split complementary#fd8dc8 Split complementary#fdc28d

Aqua in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 44, 0, 1, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8dfdfa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 0 1 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 4 5 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.

Aqua in css

Copy #8dfdfa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8dfdfa; }
.text { color: #8dfdfa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8dfdfa; }

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 #8dfdfa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8dfdfa 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 #8dfdfa 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 #8dfdfa 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 #8dfdfa are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.