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Aqua Cyan

Arrtx OROS Blue cool

Arrtx OROS 402 Aqua Cyan is a pale vivid teal alcohol marker in the Blue family. It sits in the highlight range, making it well-suited for tropical water, turquoise, sea glass. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Blue family Cool temperature 79% lightness
Tropical waterTurquoiseSea glassAqua accentsOcean
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Aqua Cyan
Color Family
Blue
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
79%
Saturation
85%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Blue family — layer from shadow to highlight for smooth gradients.

Shadow Side
766
Blue L74%
759
Muted Blue L77%
Current Marker
402
Aqua Cyan L79%
Highlight Side
77
Pale Blue L84%

Works Well With

Highlights
403
Powder Blue
+12 lightness
757
Pale Denim
+12 lightness
144
Pale Baby Blue
+15 lightness
405
Cornflower Blue
+15 lightness
Shadows
67
Pastel Blue
-15 lightness
75
Dark Blue Light
-17 lightness
74
Brilliant Blue
-22 lightness
773
Denim
-24 lightness
Analogous Colors
178
Cool Green
15° hue shift
802
Muted Lagoon
15° hue shift
401
Pale Azure
16° hue shift
766
Blue
16° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

319
Light Tan Rose Skin
opposite hue
22
French Vermilion
opposite hue
137
Medium Pink
opposite hue
376
Bronze Rose Skin
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 402 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🍭 Cotton Candy
Spun from air and sugar at the fairground — one cloud that actually fits in your hand.
Emotional
💫 Pastel Voltage
Bubblegum pink, warm yellow, lilac, aqua, and cream with a grape-purple charge.
Art Style
👻 Icy Haunt
Moonlit aqua, spectral mint, stormy blue, and graveyard violet create a frozen haunting.
Seasonal
🧺 Laundromat
Tube-lit blue at 11 p.m., dryers tumbling behind a row of orange plastic chairs nobody is in.
Environment
🕊 Sunday Garden Stillness
Sage and powder sky over wet grass before anyone in the house is awake.
Emotional
🎨 Watercolor Airy
Botanical study left to dry on cold-press paper; pigment pooling at the edges and the rest fading to white.
Art Style
🏪 Fluorescent Store
Drugstore tubes humming at 3 a.m.; every face the color of nausea.
Lighting
🌸 Cherry Blossom Rain
Pink petals stuck to rain-darkened concrete the morning after the bloom.
Seasonal

Similar Colors in Blue

182
Frost Blue
pale vivid teal
#C4EDF5
62
Marine Blue
dark blue
#3D5E6B
65
Ice Blue
dark vivid blue
#068AB9
67
Pastel Blue
light vivid blue
#46CAFF
76
Sky Blue
light vivid blue
#73C7FF
144
Pale Baby Blue
near-white blue
#E5F4F9
183
Phthalo Blue
pale vivid blue
#B4D8FF
766
Blue
light vivid blue
#78C0FF

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