Aquamarine

#bbefd4

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 149 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 #bbefd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbefd4

RGB187, 239, 212

HSL149, 62%, 84%

HSV149, 22%, 94%

CMYK22%, 0%, 11%, 6%

Lab90.35, -21.87, 7.65

XYZ63.24, 77.05, 73.83

Decimal12316628

Web safe#ccffcc

Pantone331 C

Shades of aquamarine

#9be7c0 #7be0ac #5bd897 #3bd183 #2bb96f #24995c #1c7949 #155936 #0d3922 #06190f

Tints of aquamarine

#c0f0d7 #c6f2db #cbf3de #d0f4e2 #d6f5e5 #dbf7e8 #e0f8ec #e6f9ef #ebfaf2 #f1fcf6

Colors that go with aquamarine

Complementary#efbbd6 Analogous#bcefbb Analogous#bbefee Triadic#d4bbef Triadic#efd4bb Split complementary#eebbef Split complementary#efbbbc

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 22, 0, 11, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbefd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 0 11 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 4 14 12

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

Aquamarine in css

Copy #bbefd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbefd4; }
.text { color: #bbefd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbefd4; }

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 #bbefd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbefd4 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 #bbefd4 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 #bbefd4 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 #bbefd4 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.