Aquamarine

#aaf2ce

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. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Aquamarine color values

Every conversion for #aaf2ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaf2ce

RGB170, 242, 206

HSL150, 73%, 81%

HSV150, 30%, 95%

CMYK30%, 0%, 15%, 5%

Lab90.09, -29.65, 10.29

XYZ59.47, 76.51, 70.03

Decimal11203278

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone3375 C

Shades of aquamarine

#89edbb #68e8a8 #47e395 #26de82 #1dc06f #189f5c #137e49 #0e5d35 #093c22 #041b0f

Tints of aquamarine

#b8f4d6 #c6f6de #cdf7e2 #d4f8e6 #dbf9ea #e2fbee #e9fcf2 #f0fdf6

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#f2aace Analogous#aaf2aa Analogous#aaf2f2 Triadic#ceaaf2 Triadic#f2ceaa Split complementary#f2aaf2 Split complementary#f2aaaa

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 30, 0, 15, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaf2ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 0 15 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 4 18 11

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 #aaf2ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaf2ce; }
.text { color: #aaf2ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaf2ce; }

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 #aaf2ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaf2ce 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 #aaf2ce 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 #aaf2ce 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 #aaf2ce come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.