Bright Aqua#0BF9EA, a cool brilliant aqua

At a glanceBright Aqua is #0BF9EA, oklch(88.5% 0.154 187.0), a cool brilliant aqua. Match it with a warm bold red #CB4952 as an accent, a cool brilliant blue #4F9BD3 for harmony, and a cool faint teal #D2E0DE as a neutral. Try it as a screen-first brand or accent color, and it takes black text at AA contrast. It shifts further on press than a run can hold, though, so Rhapsody would keep it off print-led brand work.
Color codes

Bright Aqua in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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Color family

What kind of teal is Bright Aqua?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Bright Aqua's, measured rather than asserted.

Bright Aqua's Munsell numbers: hue 6.1BG, value 8.8 (how light), chroma 9.4 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block brilliant bluish green, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 9.4 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.

It reaches 98% of the way to the edge of your screen's gamut (the palette a screen can actually show) for this hue. Strong, with some headroom left before the screen runs out.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Bright Aqua, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #0BF9EA. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, bright-aqua-300.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

Rhapsody Palette

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Accessibility

Is Bright Aqua accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. Black text on #0BF9EA clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 68 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

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Run #0BF9EA against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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Print

Bright Aqua in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

This color shifts further than a press run can hold, so expect a visible difference. The pairs below show where each standard lands.

In CMYK, #0BF9EA is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 13.2, 5.3× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 13.9, 5.6× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 12.9, 5.2× the 2.5 a run varies by

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 13.1, 5.2× the 2.5 a run varies by

Coated FOGRA39 shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 13.7, 5.5× the 2.5 a run varies by

Japan Color 2011 Coated shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 13.3, 5.3× the 2.5 a run varies by

APTEC Flexo Coated shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 14.9, 5.9× the 2.5 a run varies by

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 12.2, 4.9× the 2.5 a run varies by

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK above is the closest that standard can get.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Bright Aquas

Colors similar to Bright Aqua

Here are other colors similar to Bright Aqua along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Aquas

VodaVoda#00FFE9black text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Bright TurquoiseBright Turquoise#0FFEF9black text · AAA✕ shifts on press
KikorangiKikorangi#00FFFEblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Bright CyanBright Cyan#41FDFEblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
TurquoiseTurquoise#00FFD3black text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Light AquaLight Aqua#8CFFDBblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Aqua MarineAqua Marine#2EE8BBblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Pale AquaPale Aqua#B8FFEBblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Medium TurquoiseMedium Turquoise#48D1CCblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Pale CyanPale Cyan#B7FFFAblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Dark TurquoiseDark Turquoise#00CED1black text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Eggshell BlueEggshell Blue#C4FFF7black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Light Light BlueLight Light Blue#CAFFFBblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Pale BluePale Blue#D0FEFEblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Really Light BlueReally Light Blue#D4FFFFblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
IceIce#D6FFFAblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Very Light BlueVery Light Blue#D5FFFFblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Very Pale BlueVery Pale Blue#D6FFFEblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Ice BlueIce Blue#D7FFFEblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Frosted MintFrosted Mint#DBFFF8black text · AAAlighter than the paper
JavaJava#1FC2C2black text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Light CyanLight Cyan#E0FFFFblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico#3FC1AAblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
TranquilTranquil#E6FFFFblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Clear DayClear Day#E9FFFDblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
DewDew#EAFFFEblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
TealishTealish#24BCA8black text · AAA! within tolerance
TopazTopaz#13BBAFblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Light Sea GreenLight Sea Green#20B2AAblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Greeny BlueGreeny Blue#42B395black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
KeppelKeppel#3AB09Eblack text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Persian GreenPersian Green#00A693black text · AA✓ prints exactly
NiagaraNiagara#06A189black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Blue/GreenBlue/Green#0F9B8Eblack text · AA✓ prints exactly
GossamerGossamer#069B81black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Pairings

Colors that go with Bright Aqua

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a warm vivid fuchsia #E55EB6. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.

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Bright Aqua color codes: hex #0BF9EA, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Bright Aqua, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Bright Aqua paired with a warm bold red #CB4952, a cool brilliant blue #4F9BD3, a cool faint teal #D2E0DE: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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