Aqua
#00FFFF
Aqua (#00FFFF) is a medium, vivid teal colour, cool. In RGB it is 0 red, 255 green and 255 blue; in HSL its hue is 180°, its saturation 100% and its lightness 50%. For print, its CMYK mix is 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Teal sits between green and blue, mixing calm with freshness. It is popular with health, tech and travel brands that want to feel modern without being cold.
Text on aqua
White text on aqua has a contrast ratio of 1.25:1 and fails; black text has 16.75:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 1.25:1
Black text · 16.75:1
Tints and shades of aqua
Colour palettes with aqua
Brands with a aqua logo
Brand colours close to #00FFFF, from our Brand Colour Index.
Colours similar to aqua
Use aqua in CSS
.button {
background-color: #00FFFF;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of teal.