Aquamarine

#aef3cc

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 relaxed. 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 #aef3cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aef3cc

RGB174, 243, 204

HSL146, 74%, 82%

HSV146, 28%, 95%

CMYK28%, 0%, 16%, 5%

Lab90.53, -29.31, 11.98

XYZ60.41, 77.46, 68.89

Decimal11465676

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone351 C

Shades of aquamarine

#8ceeb7 #6be9a2 #49e48c #27df77 #1dc365 #18a154 #138042 #0e5e31 #093c1f #041b0e

Tints of aquamarine

#bbf5d4 #c8f7dc #cff8e1 #d5f9e5 #dcfae9 #e2fbed #e9fcf1 #effdf5

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#f3aed5 Analogous#b3f3ae Analogous#aef3ee Triadic#ccaef3 Triadic#f3ccae Split complementary#eeaef3 Split complementary#f3aeb3

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 28, 0, 16, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aef3cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 0 16 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 4 19 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 #aef3cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aef3cc; }
.text { color: #aef3cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aef3cc; }

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 #aef3cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aef3cc 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 #aef3cc 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 #aef3cc 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 #aef3cc are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.