Aqua (color)

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Aqua
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #00FFFF
sRGB B (r, g, b)(0, 255, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)(180°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(91, 72, 192°)
Source HTML/CSS [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Aqua (Latin for "water") is a variation of the color cyan. The normalized color coordinates for the two web colors named aqua and cyan are identical. It was one of the three secondary colors of the RGB color model used on computer and television displays. In the HSV color wheel aqua is precisely halfway between blue and green. However, aqua is not the same as the primary subtractive color named process cyan used in printing.

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Aqua colored sea waters in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shaheed Island, Andamans, Bay, Turquoise water.jpg
Aqua colored sea waters in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The words "aqua" and "cyan" are used interchangeably in computer graphics, and especially web design, to refer to the additive secondary color "cyan". Both colors are made exactly the same way on a computer screen, by combining blue and green light at equal and full intensity on a black screen. Traditionally, that color, defined as #00FFFF in hex, or (0,255,255) in RGB. The #00FFFF color code is called "cyan" in the RGB color but the X11 color names introduced the alternative name "aqua" for #00FFFF in 1987. Later, W3C popularized the name by using it in the named color palette of HTML 3.2 specifications.

Pale aqua

Pale Aqua
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #BCD4E6
sRGB B (r, g, b)(188, 212, 230)
HSV (h, s, v)(206°, 18%, 90%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(84, 22, 232°)
Source ISCC-NBS [2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Very pale blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed in the right-hand column is the color pale aqua. [3]

See also

References

  1. "#00ffff Hex Color Code". Encycoloropedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. "ISCC-NBS". Archived from the original on 22 November 2012.
  3. "#bcd4e6 Color Hex Pale Aqua". color-hex.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.