CSS named color

Aquamarine #7FFFD4

The CSS keyword aquamarine is #7FFFD4. It is a pale soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.915, chroma 0.130 and hue 169.0°.

Relative luminance: 0.8079
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.915 · 0.130 · 169.0
Best text: Black 17.15:1
Hue family: Green

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#7FFFD4 color codes

HEX: #7FFFD4
RGB: rgb(127, 255, 212)
HSL: hsl(160, 100%, 75%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.915 0.130 169.0)
OKLab: oklab(0.915 -0.128 0.025)
CIELAB (D65): L* 92.03, a* -45.52, b* 9.72
XYZ (D65): X 56.39, Y 80.78, Z 74.90
CMYK (naive): cmyk(50%, 0%, 17%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #7FFFD4 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 17.15:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.22:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

17.15:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +92
White text on it

1.22:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −12
Text is here, unreadable at 1.22:1
As text on black

17.15:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −93
As text on white

1.22:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +10
Text is here, unreadable at 1.22:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#008768 4.50:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.91 to 0.55 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#7FFFD4 17.15:1

It already reaches 17.15:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #7FFFD4 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #7FFFD4

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #7FFFD4 sits at step 100.

50#DAFFF0

White
1.07
Black
19.54
100This color#7FFFD4

White
1.22
Black
17.15
200#84F0CA

White
1.37
Black
15.29
300#5FD7B0

White
1.77
Black
11.83
400#34BB94

White
2.41
Black
8.68
500#009D79

White
3.44
Black
6.09
600#008264

White
4.79
Black
4.37
700#00684F

White
6.78
Black
3.09
800#004C39

White
10.03
Black
2.09
900#003224

White
14.17
Black
1.48
950#001C13

White
17.86
Black
1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #7FFFD4 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.130; #7FFFD4 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.147 there: 13% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.130
sRGB edge: 0.130
Display P3 edge: 0.147
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.175
Dominant wavelength: 506 nm
Excitation purity: 15%
Chromaticity: x 0.2659, y 0.3809

This color#7FFFD4
Most vivid in sRGB#7FFFD4
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.915 0.147 169.0)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #7fffd4;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5844 1 0.8344); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #7FFFD4

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#BFFFEA
OKLab50%#C7FFE9
OKLCH50%#C9FFEA

Black #000000

sRGB50%#40806A
OKLab50%#2D6351
OKLCH50%#2D6351

Its complement #FFD5E8

sRGB50%#BFEADE
OKLab50%#CBECDE
OKLCH50%#FFDEA8

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #7fffd4, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #7fffd4 50%, white);

In use

#7FFFD4 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:117.15:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.22:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.22:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.22:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #008768 4.50:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:117.15:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.30:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:115.30:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.30:1 Passes

Color vision

How #7FFFD4 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.6; tritanopia changes it least, 10.0.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#F9F1D2 ΔE2000 23.6

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#E6E2D7 ΔE2000 24.1

Distinct

Reads as off-white
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#4CFFF3 ΔE2000 10.0

Distinct

Reads as pale soft cyan
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#E8E8E8 ΔE2000 24.6

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #FFD5E8. Their lightness contrast is only 1.07:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#7FFFD4 · #FFD5E8	46.4	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#F9F1D2 · #D8DCE9	19.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#E6E2D7 · #E1E3E7	7.5	Harder to tell apart
Tritanopia	#4CFFF3 · #FFD4DB	57.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#E8E8E8 · #E0E0E0	1.8	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #7FFFD4

Its complement is #FFD5E8, a pale muted pink, on the warm side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#7FFFD4
Complement#FFD5E8

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#B6F8A3
Base#7FFFD4
+30°#7DFAFF

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#7FFFD4
+120°#E1DFFF
+240°#FFDAC7

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#7FFFD4
+150°#F6D6FF
+210°#FFD8D7

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-aquamarine: #7fffd4;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        aquamarine: '#7fffd4',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-aquamarine: oklch(0.915 0.130 169.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "aquamarine": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.498, 1, 0.8314],
        "hex": "#7fffd4"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color aquamarine"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let aquamarine = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.498, green: 1.000, blue: 0.831, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Aquamarine = Color(0xFF7FFFD4)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Aquamarine #7FFFD4

#7FFFD4 color codes

Contrast: is #7FFFD4 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #7FFFD4 live

Shades and tints of #7FFFD4

How vivid #7FFFD4 can get

Mixing #7FFFD4

#7FFFD4 in an interface

How #7FFFD4 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #7FFFD4

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #7FFFD4 in the tools