Aquamarine

#aef3ce

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

This is Aquamarine, a strong green at 148 degrees. 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 #aef3ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aef3ce

RGB174, 243, 206

HSL148, 74%, 82%

HSV148, 28%, 95%

CMYK28%, 0%, 15%, 5%

Lab90.58, -28.93, 11.0

XYZ60.65, 77.56, 70.17

Decimal11465678

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone351 C

Shades of aquamarine

#8ceeba #6be9a5 #49e491 #27df7d #1dc36a #18a158 #138045 #0e5e33 #093c21 #041b0e

Tints of aquamarine

#b5f4d2 #bbf5d6 #c2f6da #c8f7de #cff8e2 #d5f9e6 #dcfaea #e2fbee #e9fcf2 #effdf6

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#f3aed3 Analogous#b1f3ae Analogous#aef3f1 Triadic#ceaef3 Triadic#f3ceae Split complementary#f1aef3 Split complementary#f3aeb1

Aquamarine in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 0, 15, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aef3ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 0 15 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Aquamarine in css

Copy #aef3ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aef3ce; }
.text { color: #aef3ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aef3ce; }

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 #aef3ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aef3ce against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Aquamarine on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aef3ce 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn aquamarine into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aef3ce 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 #aef3ce are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.