Aquamarine (color)
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Not to be confused with Aqua (color).
| Aquamarine | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #7FFFD4 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (127, 255, 212) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (160°, 50%, 100[1]%) |
| Source | X11[2] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Aquamarine is a color that is a pale bright tint of spring green toned toward cyan. 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.[3]
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[edit] Medium aquamarine
| Medium Aquamarine | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #66CDAA | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (102, 205, 170) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (154°, 54%, 87[4]%) |
| Source | X11[2] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color medium aquamarine.
[edit] Aquamarine in human culture
- The color medium aquamarine is often used for tiling in the swimming pool locker rooms, or around swimming pools themselves.
- The color medium aquamarine is often used for smocks worn by hospital nurses because it is perceived as being calm and restful for the patients.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #7FFFD4 (Aquamarine):
- ^ a b W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, SVG color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ 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
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #66DDAA (Medium Aquamarine):
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| Persian green | Pine green | Robin egg blue | Sea green | Skobeloff | Tiffany Blue | Teal | Turquoise | ||
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