Aquamarine #7FFFD4

Aquamarine (#7FFFD4) is a very light, saturated blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 169°, lightness 0.91 and chroma 0.13. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#7FFFD4
RGBrgb(127, 255, 212)
HSLhsl(160, 100%, 75%)
HSVhsv(160, 50%, 100%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 0%, 17%, 0%)
CIE Lablab(92 -45.5 9.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.915 0.130 169)

How Aquamarine behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Aquamarine shifts subtly: drifts toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.22:1 and against black 17.16:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Aquamarine

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#7fffd4 · #6ae3bb · #48b996 · #259172 · #006950 · #004332

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#c6fff7 · #7fffd4 · #8de7a9 · #98ce83 · #9fb463 · #a09a4b

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#7fffd4 · #93cde0 · #4fb997 · #0093b4 · #007a5d · #0c5467

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#7fffd4 · #a8c8bb · #cc6f9f · #2c6955 · #104938 · #062a1f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#7fffd4 · #d0c1c7 · #7c9087 · #5a5054 · #11271f · #030001

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#fbeef3 · #d3c4cb · #a7969e · #2f1c25 · #0b0005 · #7fffd4

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#7fffd4 · #c3d4b2 · #c53df4 · #526d4a · #333359 · #0d0930

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#7fffd4 · #dabcca · #a575b2 · #8d2c35 · #370542 · #150001

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#7fffd4 · #c4c2de · #887fc6 · #853a00 · #3b1500 · #030013

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#7fffd4 · #b7c7e0 · #638bc9 · #842e5e · #301e00 · #090003

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#93FFD9 · #A4FFDE · #B4FFE2 · #C3FEE7 · #D1FEEC

Shades

#5CD1AB · #39A684 · #0F7C5F · #00533E · #002C20

Muted

#9BF9D7 · #B1F4DA · #C5EEDD

Using Aquamarine

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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