Aquamarine

#bcfbe2

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

This is Aquamarine, a vivid green at 156 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 #bcfbe2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcfbe2

RGB188, 251, 226

HSL156, 89%, 86%

HSV156, 25%, 98%

CMYK25%, 0%, 10%, 2%

Lab93.96, -24.67, 5.61

XYZ68.96, 85.18, 84.76

Decimal12385250

Web safe#ccffcc

Pantone331 C

Shades of aquamarine

#95f9d1 #6ff6c1 #48f4b0 #22f29f #0dde8b #0bb773 #09905b #066a42 #04432a #021d12

Tints of aquamarine

#c1fbe4 #c6fce6 #cbfce9 #d0fceb #d5fced #dafdef #dffdf1 #e4fdf3 #e9fef6 #eefef8

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#fbbcd5 Analogous#bcfbc3 Analogous#bcf5fb Triadic#e2bcfb Triadic#fbe2bc Split complementary#fbbcf5 Split complementary#fbc3bc

Aquamarine in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 25, 0, 10, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcfbe2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 0 10 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 4 13 8

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 #bcfbe2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcfbe2; }
.text { color: #bcfbe2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcfbe2; }

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 #bcfbe2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcfbe2 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 #bcfbe2 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 #bcfbe2 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 #bcfbe2 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. 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.