Aquamarine Color
Aquamarine is a cyan color with hex code #7FFFD4. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with aquamarine, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Aquamarine Color Values
What Does Aquamarine Mean?
Aquamarine belongs to the cyan family of colors. The cyan family covers turquoise, teal, and aqua: blue calmed down with a little green mixed in. Travel sites, spas, and healthcare brands camp here because these hues read as fresh and clean without turning clinical. As a lighter shade, Aquamarine reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Aquamarine is classified as a green (nearest centroid: very light green, #8ED1B2). It is also known as Hiroshima Aquamarine.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Aquamarine
Aquamarine and #FF80AA are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #80FF95 and #80EAFF, which sit beside aquamarine on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair aquamarine with triadic partners #D580FF and #FFD580. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Light Turquoise —
#7EF4CC(Delta E 4) - Light Aqua —
#8CFFDB(Delta E 5) - Light Aquamarine —
#7BFDC7(Delta E 6) - Tiffany Blue —
#7BF2DA(Delta E 11) - Pale Turquoise —
#A5FBD5(Delta E 12)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #7FFFD4; }
.background { background-color: #7FFFD4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7FFFD4; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #7FFFD440; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for aquamarine?
Aquamarine has the hex code #7FFFD4. In RGB notation it is rgb(127, 255, 212), in HSL it is hsl(160, 100%, 75%), and its OKLCH value is 0.915, 0.13, 169.
What does the color aquamarine mean?
Cyan-family colors like aquamarine carry distinct psychological associations. Aquamarine belongs to the cyan family of colors. The cyan family covers turquoise, teal, and aqua: blue calmed down with a little green mixed in. Travel sites, spas, and healthcare brands camp here because these hues read as fresh and clean without turning clinical. As a lighter shade, Aquamarine reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with aquamarine?
Aquamarine has three easy routes: its complement #FF80AA for punch, its neighbors #80FF95 and #80EAFF for something calmer, or triadic partners #D580FF and #FFD580 when you want energy.
Is aquamarine a standard web color?
Yes — Aquamarine is part of the CSS named colors specification, so you can use it directly in CSS as #7FFFD4 or with the keyword form where supported.
How do I make aquamarine lighter or darker?
To lighten aquamarine, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #EBFFF8 (lightest tint) to #00422C (darkest shade).
About Aquamarine
Aquamarine is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Cyan hue family. It has alternative names including Hiroshima Aquamarine. The color is recognized by CSS3, X11, Crayola, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #7FFFD4 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.