Aquamarine (color)

Aquamarine is a color that is a light tint of spring green, in between cyan and green on the color wheel. It is named after the mineral aquamarine, a gemstone mainly found in granite rocks. The first recorded use of aquamarine as a color name in English was in 1598.[4]

Aquamarine
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#7FFFD4
HSV       (h, s, v)(160°, 50%, 100[1]%)
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(127, 255, 212)
SourceX11[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptorBrilliant green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Aquamarine (RGB)
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#00FFBF
HSV       (h, s, v)(165°, 100%, 100%)
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(0, 255, 191)
Source[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Medium aquamarine
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#66CDAA
HSV       (h, s, v)(154°, 54%, 87[3]%)
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(102, 205, 170)
SourceX11[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptorBrilliant green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Aquamarine crystals on muscovite
An aquamarine brooch


See also

References

  1. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #7FFFD4 (Aquamarine):
  2. W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, SVG color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  3. web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #66DDAA (Medium Aquamarine):
  4. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Aquamarine: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample I3
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