Aquamarine

#9be8bb

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

Aquamarine sits in the green range, light and strong. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Aquamarine color values

Every conversion for #9be8bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9be8bb

RGB155, 232, 187

HSL145, 63%, 76%

HSV145, 33%, 91%

CMYK33%, 0%, 19%, 9%

Lab86.14, -33.05, 14.46

XYZ51.34, 68.27, 57.48

Decimal10217659

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone352 C

Shades of aquamarine

#7ee1a7 #61db94 #44d480 #2ec76d #27aa5d #208d4d #1a703d #13532e #0c361e #06190e

Tints of aquamarine

#acecc7 #b5eecc #bdf0d2 #c6f2d8 #cef4de #d7f6e4 #dff8ea #e8faef #f0fcf5

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#e89bc8 Analogous#a1e89b Analogous#9be8e2 Triadic#bb9be8 Triadic#e8bb9b Split complementary#e29be8 Split complementary#e89ba1

Aquamarine in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 33, 0, 19, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9be8bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 0 19 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 4 21 15

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #9be8bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9be8bb; }
.text { color: #9be8bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9be8bb; }

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 #9be8bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9be8bb 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 #9be8bb 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 #9be8bb 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 #9be8bb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.