Aqua Screen
A full-screen solid aqua color (#00FFFF). Fill your whole display, or download the aqua screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a aqua screen?
A aqua screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Aqua, hex #00FFFF, or rgb(0, 255, 255). It is a very light, cool color: in HSL it sits at 180° hue, 100% saturation and 50% lightness, and its relative luminance is 78.7%. aqua is one of the standard CSS color names, so it renders identically in every browser.
Aqua screen at a glance
How a full-screen aqua (#00FFFF) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 79% of a white screen | Bright enough to use as a light source or fill light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | high (50% of its light) | More blue than a white screen — better for daytime than late at night. |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 16.7:1 | Excellent contrast for captions or signs (WCAG AAA). |
| Display test | green and blue at full power, red switched off | A dead green or blue sub-pixel shows as a dark dot. A stuck-on red sub-pixel shows as a bright speck. |
What people use a aqua screen for
Pinpoint a dead red sub-pixel
Cyan is green plus blue with the red channel completely off. A cyan field is therefore the cleanest way to find a red sub-pixel that has failed — it will show as a dark or black dot against the cyan.
Cool, clean ambient and aquatic lighting
Cyan reads as fresh and watery, so a softer cyan screen makes pleasant ambient light for a desk, or an aquarium-style wash for photos and video.
Fresh backdrop for design work
A cyan screen is a bright, modern backdrop for product shots, thumbnails and mock-ups.
As a test pattern, a flat aqua field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the green and blue sub-pixels.
#00FFFF) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the aqua screen
The color is already set to Aqua (#00FFFF). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with aqua; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — a bright color like this makes a great 1080 × 1920 phone light or a 3840 × 2160 TV fill — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as aqua-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat aqua image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Aqua screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 1.25:1 · against black text 16.75:1. See the full Aqua color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a aqua screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a aqua wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Aqua on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from aqua in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
Popular color screens
The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
Colors similar to Aqua
More cyan screens
Aqua screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a aqua screen?
A aqua screen uses the color Aqua, hex #00FFFF — rgb(0, 255, 255). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value, and aqua also works as a CSS color name.
How do I make my whole screen aqua?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with aqua and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a aqua screen?
A aqua screen gives off about 79% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, so it works well as a light source or fill light. About 50% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as high blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a aqua screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 16.7:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.