- Aquamarine (color)
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Not to be confused with Aqua (color).
Aquamarine — Color coordinates —
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) 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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Medium aquamarine
Medium Aquamarine — Color coordinates —
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) Displayed at right is the color medium aquamarine.
Aquamarine in human culture
- The color medium aquamarine is often used for tiling in the swimming pool locker rooms, or around swimming pools themselves.
Medical
- 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.
See also
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):
Shades of cyanAlice blue Aqua Aquamarine Celeste Cerulean Cyan Electric blue Jungle green Magic mint Mint Persian green Pine green Robin egg blue Sea green Skobeloff Tiffany Blue Teal Turquoise The samples shown above are only indicative. Categories:- Shades of cyan
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