How many aqua colors are there?

This page lists 116 named aqua colors, each with its hex, RGB, HSL, and CMYK codes, the text colors that stay readable on it, and how it behaves in print.

What is the hex code for aqua?

The Aquas covers a range rather than one code. The color this page leads with is Tradewind #5FB3AC, and the 116 named shades below each carry their own.

Which aqua colors are accessible?

Each aqua on this page is measured against both WCAG 2.2 contrast and APCA, and the table says which text color clears on it.

THE AQUAS

Aqua colors

Aquas are the light, water-clear blue-greens. There are 116 named aquas across seven shades, running widest at the brilliant end, and every one of them reads cool. They also print unusually well: 70 of the 116 come back from CMYK within what a press holds.

Of the 16.8 million colors in sRGB, 116 aquas carry a name. The ones in the lists designers and developers reach for.

Bright aquas21


Aqua Island	Aqua Island	#A1DAD7	black text · AAA	! within tolerance
Bermuda	Bermuda	#7DD8C6	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Cruise	Cruise	#B5ECDF	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Downy	Downy	#6FD0C5	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Duck Egg Blue	Duck Egg Blue	#C3FBF4	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Foam	Foam	#D8FCFA	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Humming Bird	Humming Bird	#CFF9F3	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Ice Cold	Ice Cold	#B1F4E7	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Iceberg	Iceberg	#DAF4F0	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Mint Tulip	Mint Tulip	#C4F4EB	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	#83D0C6	black text · AAA	! within tolerance
Pale Teal	Pale Teal	#82CBB2	black text · AAA	! within tolerance
Pale Turquoise	Pale Turquoise	#AFEEEE	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Polar	Polar	#E5F9F6	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Riptide	Riptide	#8BE6D8	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Scandal	Scandal	#CFFAF4	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Seafoam Blue	Seafoam Blue	#78D1B6	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Sinbad	Sinbad	#9FD7D3	black text · AAA	! within tolerance
Tiffany Blue	Tiffany Blue	#7BF2DA	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Water Leaf	Water Leaf	#A1E9DE	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
White Ice	White Ice	#DDF9F1	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper

Brilliant aquas36


Aqua Marine	Aqua Marine	#2EE8BB	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Blue/Green	Blue/Green	#0F9B8E	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Bright Aqua	Bright Aqua	#0BF9EA	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Bright Cyan	Bright Cyan	#41FDFE	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Bright Turquoise	Bright Turquoise	#0FFEF9	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Clear Day	Clear Day	#E9FFFD	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Dark Turquoise	Dark Turquoise	#00CED1	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Dew	Dew	#EAFFFE	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Eggshell Blue	Eggshell Blue	#C4FFF7	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Frosted Mint	Frosted Mint	#DBFFF8	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Gossamer	Gossamer	#069B81	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Greeny Blue	Greeny Blue	#42B395	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Ice	Ice	#D6FFFA	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Ice Blue	Ice Blue	#D7FFFE	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Java	Java	#1FC2C2	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Keppel	Keppel	#3AB09E	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Kikorangi	Kikorangi	#00FFFE	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Light Aqua	Light Aqua	#8CFFDB	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Light Cyan	Light Cyan	#E0FFFF	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Light Light Blue	Light Light Blue	#CAFFFB	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Light Sea Green	Light Sea Green	#20B2AA	black text · AAA	! within tolerance
Medium Turquoise	Medium Turquoise	#48D1CC	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Niagara	Niagara	#06A189	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Pale Aqua	Pale Aqua	#B8FFEB	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Pale Blue	Pale Blue	#D0FEFE	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Pale Cyan	Pale Cyan	#B7FFFA	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Persian Green	Persian Green	#00A693	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	#3FC1AA	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Really Light Blue	Really Light Blue	#D4FFFF	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Tealish	Tealish	#24BCA8	black text · AAA	! within tolerance
Topaz	Topaz	#13BBAF	black text · AAA	! within tolerance
Tranquil	Tranquil	#E6FFFF	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Turquoise	Turquoise	#00FFD3	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Very Light Blue	Very Light Blue	#D5FFFF	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Very Pale Blue	Very Pale Blue	#D6FFFE	black text · AAA	lighter than the paper
Voda	Voda	#00FFE9	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press

Dark aquas13


Aqua Deep	Aqua Deep	#014B43	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Cyprus	Cyprus	#003E40	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Dark Blue Green	Dark Blue Green	#005249	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Dark Slate Gray	Dark Slate Gray	#2F4F4F	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Dark Teal	Dark Teal	#014D4E	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Deep Sea Green	Deep Sea Green	#095859	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Deep Teal	Deep Teal	#00555A	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Eden	Eden	#105852	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Evening Sea	Evening Sea	#024E46	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Plantation	Plantation	#27504B	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Sherpa Blue	Sherpa Blue	#004950	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Spectra	Spectra	#2F5A57	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Te Papa Green	Te Papa Green	#1E433C	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly

Light aquas13


Acapulco	Acapulco	#7CB0A1	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Breaker Bay	Breaker Bay	#5DA19F	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Cadet Blue	Cadet Blue	#5F9EA0	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Dull Teal	Dull Teal	#5F9E8F	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Grey Teal	Grey Teal	#5E9B8A	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Greyish Teal	Greyish Teal	#719F91	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Gulf Stream	Gulf Stream	#80B3AE	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Juniper	Juniper	#6D9292	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Patina	Patina	#639A8F	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Sea	Sea	#3C9992	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Sea Nymph	Sea Nymph	#78A39C	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Shadow Green	Shadow Green	#9AC2B8	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Tradewind	Tradewind	#5FB3AC	black text · AAA	✓ prints exactly

Medium aquas28


Atoll	Atoll	#0A6F75	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Blue Chill	Blue Chill	#0C8990	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Blue Green	Blue Green	#137E6D	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Blue Stone	Blue Stone	#016162	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Bluegreen	Bluegreen	#017A79	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Cutty Sark	Cutty Sark	#507672	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Dark Aqua	Dark Aqua	#05696B	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Dark Aquamarine	Dark Aquamarine	#017371	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Dark Cyan	Dark Cyan	#008B8B	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Dark Green Blue	Dark Green Blue	#1F6357	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Deep Aqua	Deep Aqua	#08787F	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Deep Sea	Deep Sea	#01826B	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Deep Turquoise	Deep Turquoise	#017374	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Dusty Teal	Dusty Teal	#4C9085	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Elf Green	Elf Green	#088370	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Elm	Elm	#1C7C7D	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Faded Jade	Faded Jade	#427977	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Genoa	Genoa	#15736B	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Greenish Blue	Greenish Blue	#0B8B87	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Lochinvar	Lochinvar	#2C8C84	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Mosque	Mosque	#036A6E	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Observatory	Observatory	#02866F	black text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Oracle	Oracle	#377475	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Paradiso	Paradiso	#317D82	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Stromboli	Stromboli	#325D52	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Surfie Green	Surfie Green	#0C7A79	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
Teal	Teal	#008080	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly
William	William	#3A686C	white text · AA	✓ prints exactly

Midnight aquas3


Gable Green	Gable Green	#163531	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly
Tiber	Tiber	#063537	white text · AAA	! within tolerance
Timber Green	Timber Green	#16322C	white text · AAA	✓ prints exactly

Vivid aquas2


Aqua	Aqua	#00FFFF	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press
Cyan	Cyan	#00FFFF	black text · AAA	✕ shifts on press

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