What is the hex code for Aquamarine?

Aquamarine is #7fffd4. In CSS the keyword aquamarine, the hex #7fffd4, rgb(127, 255, 212) and hsl(160, 100%, 75%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Aquamarine on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #ff7faa, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Aquamarine for text?

Aquamarine as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.22:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 17.16:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Blues

Aquamarine color: hex #7fffd4, RGB and HSL

Aquamarine is the CSS keyword aquamarine, hex #7fffd4, rgb(127, 255, 212), hsl(160, 100%, 75%). It is a light, fully saturated cyan in the blues family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: aquamarine
Hex: #7fffd4
RGB: rgb(127, 255, 212)
HSL: hsl(160, 100%, 75%)
On white: 1.22:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 17.16:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: aquamarine;          /* keyword */
  color: #7fffd4;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(127, 255, 212); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(160, 100%, 75%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with aquamarine

Each match keeps aquamarine's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside aquamarine as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#ff7faa

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#ff7fea

#ff947f

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#d47fff

#ffd47f

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#7fff94

#7feaff

Tints and shades of aquamarine

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as aquamarine — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#94ffdb

#aaffe2

#bfffea

#d4fff1

#eafff8

Shades (darker)

#3fffbf

#00ffa9

#00bf7f

#007f55

#00402a

A UI color palette built from aquamarine

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from aquamarine as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #7fffd4
secondary: #ff7fea
accent: #ff947f
background: #fcfdfd
surface: #f3f7f5
text: #11221c
muted: #568f7c
border: #dfece8

Dark mode

primary: #7fffd4
secondary: #ff7fea
accent: #ff947f
background: #0e1b16
surface: #152822
text: #f3f6f5
muted: #94b8ac
border: #27493e

Open aquamarine in the palette generator

Using aquamarine in an interface

Blue is the default interface color for a reason: it sits comfortably behind content, it has a wide usable lightness range for hover and pressed states, and its complement (orange) leaves red and green free for status. Most of the good primaries in this set are here. Whichever role aquamarine takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Aquamarine?: Aquamarine is #7fffd4. In CSS the keyword aquamarine, the hex #7fffd4, rgb(127, 255, 212) and hsl(160, 100%, 75%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Aquamarine?: Its complement is #ff7faa, the split-complementary pair is #ff7fea and #ff947f, the triadic partners are #d47fff and #ffd47f, and the analogous neighbors are #7fff94 and #7feaff. In an interface, use Aquamarine for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Aquamarine on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #ff7faa, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Aquamarine for text?: Aquamarine as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.22:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 17.16:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.