Aquamarine

#aee6bc

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

This is Aquamarine, a soft green at 135 degrees. 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 #aee6bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aee6bc

RGB174, 230, 188

HSL135, 53%, 79%

HSV135, 24%, 90%

CMYK24%, 0%, 18%, 10%

Lab86.61, -26.08, 14.75

XYZ54.83, 69.22, 58.05

Decimal11462332

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone351 C

Shades of aquamarine

#91dda4 #75d48d #58cc75 #3cc35e #33a650 #2a8a42 #226d34 #195027 #103419 #07170b

Tints of aquamarine

#bbeac7 #c2eccd #c9eed2 #d0f0d8 #d6f2dd #ddf5e3 #e4f7e9 #ebf9ee #f1fbf4

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#e6aed8 Analogous#bce6ae Analogous#aee6d8 Triadic#bcaee6 Triadic#e6bcae Split complementary#d8aee6 Split complementary#e6aebc

Aquamarine in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 0, 18, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aee6bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 0 18 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 4 21 16

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 #aee6bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aee6bc; }
.text { color: #aee6bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aee6bc; }

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 #aee6bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aee6bc 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 #aee6bc 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 #aee6bc 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 #aee6bc 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 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.