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Warm aqua
A Light Spring color
anchor color 5 of 10 in Light Spring. Also called Light Warm Spring in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
Warm aqua is turquoise with the light turned most of the way up. It is the Light Spring aqua, paler than Bright Spring's and warmer than any Summer mint. It is the color of shallow water over sand, and it flatters a light warm face by matching its depth rather than fighting it.
Warm aqua is an anchor color in Light Spring. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Warm turquoise #1FC3B8, a True Spring color, at a distance of 12: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.
At RGB 111, 214, 198 the green leads, the blue sits just behind, and the red is at about half. The green being ahead of the blue is what makes it warm. Swap them and it is a cool aqua. The red at half is what gives it light without going to pastel. It is still a color, just a quiet one.
A Light Spring wears it as the color in an outfit of light neutrals: cream, light camel, warm beige, soft white. A knit with cream trousers. A dress with tan sandals. A scarf against a white shirt. It pairs with light golden yellow and light warm pink, because all three share the same lightness, and with peach for the same reason.
Retailers call it aqua, mint, seafoam, turquoise, or sea glass, and the names run from green to blue. Most of what sells as mint is greener and most of what sells as turquoise is darker. Hold the garment against a white. Warm aqua stays clearly a color and clearly blue-green. A seafoam goes pale. A turquoise goes dark.
True Spring's warm turquoise is twelve points away and Bright Spring's clear warm aqua is thirteen, both deeper. Light Spring's own warm mint is thirteen points off and greener. Light Summer's light sea green and cool mint are fourteen and seventeen points off and cooler. On a Light Summer, warm aqua looks faintly yellow. On a Light Spring, the Summer mints look faintly grey. Both borrow across the gap.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Warm turquoise #1FC3B8
True Spring anchor · ΔE 12
Clear warm aqua #29C4C4
Bright Spring anchor · ΔE 13
Light sea green #8FC6B4
Light Summer anchor · ΔE 14
Warm turquoise #16BFA6
Bright Spring anchor · ΔE 15
Cool mint #B0E0CE
Light Summer anchor · ΔE 17
Cool mint #9DC4B5
True Summer anchor · ΔE 19
As of November 11, 2026, 1 in-stock piece across Boden sample within a close match of #6FD6C6. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #6FD6C6 today, so they are the words to search for.
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Yes. Warm aqua (#6FD6C6) is an anchor color in the Light Spring palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.
No. Mint is greener and usually paler. Warm aqua as the Light Spring palette uses it is RGB 111, 214, 198, with the green just ahead of the blue and enough red to keep it warm. Light Spring's warm mint is thirteen points away and is a separate color in the palette.
Yes. Bright Spring's clear warm aqua is thirteen points deeper. This one reads a shade pale on a Bright Spring, but it is warm and clear, and with warm navy or camel it holds.
Sometimes. Light Summer's light sea green is fourteen points away and cooler. Warm aqua reads faintly yellow on a Light Summer, and with a cool grey or soft white it usually works as an accessory.
For a Light Spring: cream, light camel, warm beige, light golden yellow, light warm pink, peach, warm navy. Aqua and cream is the quiet pairing. Aqua and peach is the fresh one. Avoid black, charcoal, and cool greys.
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