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Scale from white (50) through Aquamarine (500) to black (900), interpolated in Lab color space.
Color Values
- HEX
- #7FFFD4
- RGB
- rgb(127, 255, 212)
- HSL
- hsl(160, 100%, 75%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.915 0.13 169)
- CMYK
- cmyk(50%, 0%, 17%, 0%)
--color-aquamarinebg-[#7FFFD4]Accessibility
Score: 48/100On White (#FFF)
1.22:1
On Black (#000)
17.16:1
On Light Gray (#F5F5F5)
1.12:1
Best text color on this background:
Design Applications
background-color: #7FFFD4
color: #7FFFD4
bg-[#7FFFD4] text-[#000000]
border-left: 4px solid #7FFFD4
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Lavender Blush
#FFF0F5
Split-Complementary
Similar Colors
Color Meaning & Psychology
Cyan sits between blue and green at the edge of visible light and is the color the eye uses to adjust from warm to cool light. It feels technological, clean, and forward-thinking. In printing, cyan is a primary process color (CMYK), giving it an association with professional reproduction and precision. In design, bright cyan signals digital interfaces, clean tech, and innovation. Lighter cyans feel fresh and airy; deeper cyans approach teal's sophistication. Cyan's primary cultural associations are ocean, ice, and digital displays. It is widely used in healthcare technology brands because it combines blue's trust with green's health connotations without the blandness of either on their own. Its lighter value makes it approachable and soft — suitable for backgrounds, secondary UI states, and contexts requiring the hue's character without full intensity.
Industry Usage
Common contexts and industries where Aquamarine is applied in professional design.
- Digital technology and software products
- Water sports and aquatic brands
- Clean energy and sustainability companies
- Healthcare data visualization tools
- Modern media and streaming services
- Virtual reality and immersive tech brands
- Aerospace and precision technology
- Clinical data and diagnostic imaging products
Accessibility Considerations
Normal Text
Fails AA
4.5:1 minimum required
Large Text
Fails AA Large
3:1 minimum required
UI Components
Check contrast
3:1 for non-text UI
Aquamarine is a light color. Use black (#000000) text on top of it for maximum readability (17.16:1). Avoid white text on this background.
CSS & Code Examples
Background
background-color: #7FFFD4;Text
color: #7FFFD4;Border
border: 2px solid #7FFFD4;Box Shadow
box-shadow: 0 4px 20px #7FFFD440;Gradient
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7FFFD4, #b5ffff);Tailwind-style
--color-aquamarine: #7FFFD4;Tailwind CSS Utilities
Use arbitrary value syntax in Tailwind CSS to apply Aquamarine without a custom config.
Background
bg-[#7FFFD4]Text
text-[#7FFFD4]Border
border-[#7FFFD4]Ring
ring-[#7FFFD4]Fill
fill-[#7FFFD4]From (gradient)
from-[#7FFFD4]Via (gradient)
via-[#7FFFD4]To (gradient)
to-[#7FFFD4]Design Tokens
Ready-to-use Aquamarine design token in CSS custom properties, SCSS, Tailwind v3/v4, and JSON formats.
CSS Custom Properties
:root {
--color-aquamarine: #7FFFD4;
--color-aquamarine-rgb: 127, 255, 212;
--color-aquamarine-hsl: 160, 100%, 75%;
}SCSS Variables
$color-aquamarine: #7FFFD4; $color-aquamarine-rgb: 127, 255, 212; $color-aquamarine-hsl: 160, 100%, 75%;
Tailwind v3 Config
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'aquamarine': '#7FFFD4',
},
},
},
};Tailwind v4 (@theme)
/* tailwind.css */
@theme {
--color-aquamarine: #7FFFD4;
}JSON Design Token (W3C format)
{
"aquamarine": {
"value": "#7FFFD4",
"type": "color",
"description": "Aquamarine — #7FFFD4"
}
}Related Palettes & Combinations
Color Combinations
More cyan colors
View all →What Does Aquamarine Mean? Color Psychology & Cultural Symbolism
Color scientists note that cyan wavelengths are processed with exceptional acuity by the human visual system—a property that makes Aquamarine (#7FFFD4) particularly effective in digital environments. The psychological consequence is freshness: a sense of being precisely located and clearly seen.
- Cyan occupies a distinctive visual space as a pure, bright blue-green that reads as technological, precise, and high-tech. It's heavily associated with digital screens (cyan is one of the primary colors in additive light mixing) and carries strong tech-forward and futuristic connotations.
- Cyan-adjacent turquoise holds deep significance in Southwestern Native American cultures, representing protection, health, and the sky. In Persian tradition, the color is considered sacred and protective. These associations root the color in elemental, protective significance.
- Aquamarine's light lightness (75%) shifts its psychological register: Light cyan and aqua tones feel fresh and summery—associated with clear tropical water, sky, and a light coastal aesthetic.
- At 100% saturation, Aquamarine reads as vivid—Pure vivid cyan is the color of screens, lasers, and science fiction—among the most technologically coded colors in human design vocabulary.
Aquamarine is where technology and clarity meet—use it where you need users to feel precisely oriented and forward-looking.
How to Use Aquamarine in Design: Applications, Pairings & Best Practices
Aquamarine is a natural fit for any design system that wants to signal technology without falling back on blue. It adds a freshness and precision that differentiates tech-forward brands from their more conventional competitors.
- UI components: highlight states, data visualization accents, tech-forward CTAs—Aquamarine performs reliably in all these roles with its light tonal character.
- Brand & identity: tech products, data dashboards, medical imaging—contexts where Aquamarine's vivid quality creates the right register.
- Typography: Aquamarine as text requires a dark background; its 75% lightness means it provides 1.2:1 contrast on white, not meeting WCAG AA.
- Aquamarine creates strong legibility with black text overlays (17.2:1 contrast ratio), making it a reliable background or surface color in design systems
- Proportional use: Aquamarine's vivid saturation (100%) means small applications—accents, highlights, icons—deliver maximum impact without visual fatigue. Reserve large-scale use for intentional brand moments.
Aquamarine is where technology and clarity meet—use it where you need users to feel precisely oriented and forward-looking.
Aquamarine Accessibility: WCAG Contrast Ratios, Color Blindness & Inclusive Design
Aquamarine (#7FFFD4) achieves a 17.16:1 contrast ratio with black text, surpassing the WCAG 2.1 AAA threshold of 7:1. This exceptional contrast qualifies it for body text, UI components at any size, and all accessibility-sensitive interface contexts. Relative luminance: 80.8%.
- As text on white (#FFFFFF): 1.22:1 — Fail
- As text on black (#000000): 17.16:1 — AAA ✓
- Best text color on Aquamarine background: Black (#000000) at 17.16:1
- WCAG 2.1 luminance: 80.8% — high-luminance (near-white)—it provides excellent readability for dark text overlays and integrates naturally into light design systems
- Aquamarine qualifies for all text sizes including small body copy (AAA).
- Color blindness consideration: tritanopia (blue-yellow color blindness, ~0.003% of population) may affect how this color reads. While rare, for maximum accessibility supplement color signals with text or icon indicators in critical states.
Always verify Aquamarine at its final intended size and weight using a real contrast checker—font weight and rendering environment affect perceived legibility beyond what raw ratios capture.
Aquamarine in Industry: Branding, Design & Market Applications
Across industry research, cyan-family tones consistently outperform competitors in categories built on clarity, technology, freshness, and precision. Aquamarine is a light expression of this advantage—best positioned in Technology & Software and adjacent markets.
- Technology & Software: Cyan's additive light origins make it inherently digital—it's literally the color of screens. Tech brands use it to signal cutting-edge, screen-native products and the precision of digital systems. (examples: Notion, Slack, Salesforce) Works especially well in dark-mode interfaces where cyan provides high contrast and futuristic character.
- Healthcare & Medical Imaging: Medical imaging technology (X-rays, ultrasounds, 3D scans) frequently uses cyan highlighting for precision and clarity. Healthcare tech brands have adopted this association to signal clinical precision in digital health products. (examples: CVS Health, Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente) Pairs naturally with white and dark gray for a medical-precision aesthetic.
- Clean Energy & Environment: Clean energy brands use cyan to signal the intersection of technology and environmental consciousness—the "clean" tech positioning that neither pure green (environmental emphasis) nor pure blue (tech emphasis) fully achieves alone. Cyan-to-green gradients have become a shorthand for clean tech and sustainable innovation.
- Brand positioning: Aquamarine is best suited for brands projecting modernity, innovation, clarity. Categories outside this positioning—traditional or heritage brands—tend to see weaker results.
- Adjacent applications: Beyond primary industries, Aquamarine works effectively in social platform accents, clean energy brands, cyberpunk and sci-fi aesthetics—contexts where precision serves a secondary but reinforcing role.
Aquamarine earns its strongest ROI in industries where trust and recognition compound over time: Technology & Software, Healthcare & Medical Imaging, Clean Energy & Environment. Use it to build the kind of brand recognition that decades reinforce.
Accessibility & Design Guides
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the hex code for Aquamarine? ▾
- The hex code for Aquamarine is #7FFFD4. Its RGB values are rgb(127, 255, 212) and its HSL values are hsl(160, 100%, 75%).
- What does Aquamarine mean in design? ▾
- Cyan sits between blue and green at the edge of visible light and is the color the eye uses to adjust from warm to cool light. It feels technological, clean, and forward-thinking. In printing, cyan is a primary process color (CMYK), giving it an association with professional reproduction and precision. In design, bright cyan signals digital interfaces, clean tech, and innovation. Lighter cyans feel fresh and airy; deeper cyans approach teal's sophistication. Cyan's primary cultural associations are ocean, ice, and digital displays. It is widely used in healthcare technology brands because it combines blue's trust with green's health connotations without the blandness of either on their own. Its lighter value makes it approachable and soft — suitable for backgrounds, secondary UI states, and contexts requiring the hue's character without full intensity.
- Is Aquamarine WCAG accessible? ▾
- Aquamarine (#7FFFD4) does not pass WCAG AA on white (1.22:1 ratio). Use it on dark backgrounds where it achieves 17.16:1. Its overall accessibility score is 48/100.
- What colors go well with Aquamarine? ▾
- Aquamarine pairs well with its complementary color Lavender Blush (#FFF0F5). Analogous colors like Hunter Green and Sea Green also work harmoniously. Check the Color Harmonies section above for the full palette.
- What is Aquamarine used for? ▾
- Aquamarine is commonly used for: Digital technology and software products; Water sports and aquatic brands; Clean energy and sustainability companies; Healthcare data visualization tools; Modern media and streaming services.
- What are the CSS and Tailwind values for Aquamarine? ▾
- In CSS, use `color: #7FFFD4` or `background-color: #7FFFD4`. The CSS custom property is `--color-aquamarine: #7FFFD4`. In Tailwind CSS, use the arbitrary value class `bg-[#7FFFD4]` for backgrounds or `text-[#7FFFD4]` for text.