Aquamarine (color)
Aquamarine | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #7FFFD4 |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (127, 255, 212) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (160°, 50%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (92, 60, 158°) |
Source | X11[1] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Aquamarine (RGB) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #80FFC0 |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (128, 255, 192) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (150°, 50%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (92, 67, 147°) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Medium aquamarine | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #66CDAA |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (102, 205, 170) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (160°, 50%, 80%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (76, 49, 158°) |
Source | X11[1] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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.[2]
Rough aquamarine
Aquamarine crystals on muscovite
An aquamarine brooch
See also[]
- Aquamarine (disambiguation)
- List of colors
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, SVG color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Maerz, Aloys John, and Morris Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 190; color sample of aquamarine: p. 93, plate 35, color sample I3. OCLC 937598580.
Categories:
- Shades of cyan
- Shades of green
- Quaternary colors
- Color stubs