Aquamarine is soft, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #d11744 |
| Complementary Color | #e72e5a |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (165.48° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 54.51% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Aquamarine Color. The Ice Climber color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Aqua Green (#12e193) for more energetic effect. Try Reptile Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#e72e5a is the best complementary color to Aquamarine. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #2ee8bb complementary color is Amaranth, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Turquoise are #2ee75d and #2eb7e7. Thus found on the left and right of #2ee8bb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Malachite and Picton Blue colors as they work well with Aquamarine.
The split-complementary Aquamarine palette consists of #e75d2e and #e72eb7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e72e5a). Try Cinnabar and Cerise colors in combination with #2ee8bb, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #2ee8bb offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Aquamarine. Thus Tulip Tree and Electric Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Aquamarine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amaranth, Royal Blue, and Pear split by 90° on the color wheel. #2ee8bb square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Aquamarine tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#e72e5a) and two others. The Electric Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lima – 120° from the complementary Amaranth. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bb2ee7 and #5be72e.
In a RGB color space, hex #2ee8bb is made of 10% red, 50% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Aquamarine has a hue angle of 165.48°, a saturation of 80.17% and a lightness of 54.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2ee8bb is made of 72.94% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 9.02% black ink.
| HEX | #2ee8bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(46,232,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 10%, 50%, 40% |
| CMYK | 72.94, 0, 17.65, 9.02 |
| HSL | hsl(165.48,80.17%,54.51%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(165.48,80.17%,90.98%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.8506,-54.684,9.3327) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.953,61.8819,56.9051) |