Sweet Aqua Color

#a7e8d3

Sweet Aqua is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #58172c
Complementary Color #e7a7bb
Color Shade: green cyan (160.62° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.24% (better contrasting with black)
Sweet Aqua Color Sample
Sweet Aqua Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a7e8d3

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Aqua Color. The Light Salome color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Teal Melody (#c8ede2) for more calm effect. Try Light Shutterbug as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e7a7bb is the best complementary color to Sweet Aqua. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a7e8d3 complementary color is Kobi, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Water Leaf are #a7e7b2 and #a7dce7. Thus found on the left and right of #a7e8d3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chinook and Regent St Blue colors as they work well with Sweet Aqua.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Aqua palette consists of #e7b2a7 and #e7a7dc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e7a7bb). Try Cashmere and Light Orchid colors in combination with #a7e8d3, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #a7e8d3 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sweet Aqua. Thus Zombie and Light Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Aqua contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kobi, Biloba Flower, and Caper split by 90° on the color wheel. #a7e8d3 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sweet Aqua tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#e7a7bb) and two others. The Light Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Granny Smith Apple – 120° from the complementary Kobi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d3a7e7 and #bbe7a7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a7e8d3 is made of 27% red, 38% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Aqua has a hue angle of 160.62°, a saturation of 58.56% and a lightness of 78.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a7e8d3 is made of 25.49% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.23% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #a7e8d3
RGB Decimal rgb(167,232,211)
RGB Percentage 27%, 38%, 35%
CMYK 25.49, 0, 8.23, 9.02
HSL hsl(160.62,58.56%,78.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(160.62,28.02%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.3058,-24.7475,3.6448)
XYZ xyz(56.5508,70.6319,72.2808)
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