Aquamarine

#ace8cd

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 open. 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 #ace8cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ace8cd

RGB172, 232, 205

HSL153, 57%, 79%

HSV153, 26%, 91%

CMYK26%, 0%, 12%, 9%

Lab87.43, -24.46, 7.01

XYZ56.89, 70.89, 68.44

Decimal11331789

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone332 C

Shades of aquamarine

#8fe0bb #72d8aa #54d098 #37c787 #2faa73 #278d5f #1f704b #175238 #0f3524 #071810

Tints of aquamarine

#baecd5 #c8f0de #cff2e2 #d5f3e6 #dcf5ea #e3f7ee #eaf9f2 #f1fbf7

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#e8acc7 Analogous#ace8af Analogous#ace5e8 Triadic#cdace8 Triadic#e8cdac Split complementary#e8ace5 Split complementary#e8afac

Aquamarine in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 26, 0, 12, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ace8cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 0 12 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 4 15 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 #ace8cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ace8cd; }
.text { color: #ace8cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ace8cd; }

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 #ace8cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ace8cd 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 #ace8cd 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 #ace8cd 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

Here is how the numbers for #ace8cd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.