Can certain shades of the cyan/aqua color be considered a variation of the color mizuiro?


Can the color cyan (#00FFFF or 0, 255, 255 / [google color
picker](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%2300FFFF)) refer to the color
mizuiro? Mizuiro in Japanese literally means "water-colored" so I wanted to
know if mizuiro could refer to the cyan color or any of its variations
mentioned below. I would also like to know if there are other color words that
can be used to describe these colors.

Cyan Color 1(#71D1CF HEX code or 113, 209, 207 RGB code / [google color
picker](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%2371D1CF))

Cyan Color 2(#00CBD2 or 0, 203, 210 / [google color
picker](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%2300CBD2))

Cyan Color 3(#AFE8EA or 175, 232, 234 / [google color
picker](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%23AFE8EA))

Cyan Color 4(#68C1C2 or 104, 193, 194 / [google color
picker](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%2368C1C2))




Typical 水色 contains much more red and less green in the RGB space, i.e., much
whiter (see [this Wikipedia
article](https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E8%89%B2)). But I think
it's perfectly understandabke to call cyan (#00ffff) 濃い水色 or 鮮やかな水色.

**EDIT:** Among the colors you listed, #afe8ea is closest to what Japanese
people imagine with 水色. You can find [many traditional Japanese
colors](https://www.colordic.org/w) if you search, but most of these are rare
and even Japanese people are not familiar with them. Common color names around
blue and green that Japanese use in everyday life (aside from 青 and 緑
themselves) are 水色 and 青緑. So if they see vivid cyan like #00ffff, most people
describe it as 濃い水色 or maybe 青に近い青緑.

See also: [Is there a word that describes greenish-blue colours (of any
shade)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24120/5010)

