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#A5E4E4

#a5e4e4 ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a5e4e4 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 89.41% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.63% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 53.85% saturation and 77.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 2.24.

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Relative luminance0.6909

Complementary

  1. #a5e4e4
  2. #e4a5a5

Split complementary

  1. #a5e4e4
  2. #e4a5c5
  3. #e4c5a5

Analogous

  1. #a5e4c5
  2. #a5e4e4
  3. #a5c5e4

Triadic

  1. #a5e4e4
  2. #e4a5e4
  3. #e4e4a5

Tetradic

  1. #a5e4e4
  2. #a5a5e4
  3. #e4a5a5
  4. #e4e4a5

Square

  1. #a5e4e4
  2. #c5a5e4
  3. #e4a5a5
  4. #c5e4a5

Monochromatic

  1. #37b9b9
  2. #6ad2d2
  3. #a5e4e4
  4. #e0f6f6
  5. #effafa

Shades

#a5e4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a5e4e4
  2. #95cdcd
  3. #84b6b6
  4. #74a0a0
  5. #638989
  6. #537272
  7. #425b5b
  8. #324444
  9. #212e2e
  10. #111717
  11. #000000

Tints

#a5e4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a5e4e4
  2. #aee7e7
  3. #b7e9e9
  4. #c0ecec
  5. #c9efef
  6. #d2f2f2
  7. #dbf4f4
  8. #e4f7f7
  9. #edfafa
  10. #f6fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a5e4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a5e4e4
  2. #a1dada
  3. #9ed0d0
  4. #9ac6c6
  5. #96bcbc
  6. #93b2b2
  7. #8fa8a8
  8. #8b9e9e
  9. #879494
  10. #848a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6dddd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcdee4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0d5e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8fe8e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8e0e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0dbe4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #98e6e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a5e4e4 {
  color: #a5e4e4;
}
Background
.bg-a5e4e4 {
  background-color: #a5e4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a5e4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #a5e4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a5e4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 228 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 54% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a5e4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5e4e4, #a5c5e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a5e4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 228 228 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 2.24 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.29 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.78 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.95 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.54 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.29 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.98 #5a1b1b Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#a5e4e4  rgb(165, 228, 228)  hsl(180, 54%, 77%)  Pale Turquoise
#e4a5a5  rgb(228, 165, 165)  hsl(0, 54%, 77%)  Pastel Pink
#e4a5e4  rgb(228, 165, 228)  hsl(300, 54%, 77%)  Plum
#e4e4a5  rgb(228, 228, 165)  hsl(60, 54%, 77%)  Pale Goldenrod