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 | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #7FFFD4 |
HSV (h, s, v) | (160°, 50%, 100[1]%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (127, 255, 212) |
Source | X11[2] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Aquamarine (RGB) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #00FFBF |
HSV (h, s, v) | (165°, 100%, 100%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 255, 191) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Medium aquamarine | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #66CDAA |
HSV (h, s, v) | (154°, 54%, 87[3]%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (102, 205, 170) |
Source | X11[2] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
In popular culture
- Aquamarine is a character in the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe.
- Aquamarine is a 2006 film about a mermaid.
- In Alice in Wonderland (1951), the Queen of Hearts' guards sing as they paint everything red: "Not pink, not green, not aquamarine."
- In the manga Aria, Mizunashi Akari has the title "Aquamarine".
See also
- Aquamarine (disambiguation)
- List of colors
References
- web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #7FFFD4 (Aquamarine):
- W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, SVG color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #66DDAA (Medium Aquamarine):
- 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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