Aquamarine

#aaffcd

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

Aquamarine is a light green that feels soft. 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 #aaffcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaffcd

RGB170, 255, 205

HSL145, 100%, 83%

HSV145, 33%, 100%

CMYK33%, 0%, 20%, 0%

Lab93.66, -35.88, 15.86

XYZ63.36, 84.47, 70.72

Decimal11206605

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone352 C

Shades of aquamarine

#83ffb6 #5bff9f #34ff87 #0cff70 #00e45e #00bc4e #00953d #006d2d #00461d #001f0d

Tints of aquamarine

#b7ffd5 #c5ffdd #ccffe1 #d2ffe5 #d9ffe9 #e0ffed #e6fff1 #edfff5

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#ffaadc Analogous#b1ffaa Analogous#aafff8 Triadic#cdaaff Triadic#ffcdaa Split complementary#f8aaff Split complementary#ffaab1

Aquamarine in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 33, 0, 20, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 0 20 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 4 22 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.

Aquamarine in css

Copy #aaffcd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Every value on this page for #aaffcd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.