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#A8E4E4

#a8e4e4 ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a8e4e4 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 89.41% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 52.63% saturation and 77.65% 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 14.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 2.19.

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Relative luminance0.6941

Complementary

  1. #a8e4e4
  2. #e4a8a8

Split complementary

  1. #a8e4e4
  2. #e4a8c6
  3. #e4c6a8

Analogous

  1. #a8e4c6
  2. #a8e4e4
  3. #a8c6e4

Triadic

  1. #a8e4e4
  2. #e4a8e4
  3. #e4e4a8

Tetradic

  1. #a8e4e4
  2. #a8a8e4
  3. #e4a8a8
  4. #e4e4a8

Square

  1. #a8e4e4
  2. #c6a8e4
  3. #e4a8a8
  4. #c6e4a8

Monochromatic

  1. #3ab9b9
  2. #6ed2d2
  3. #a8e4e4
  4. #e2f6f6
  5. #effafa

Shades

#a8e4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8e4e4
  2. #97cdcd
  3. #86b6b6
  4. #76a0a0
  5. #658989
  6. #547272
  7. #435b5b
  8. #324444
  9. #222e2e
  10. #111717
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8e4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8e4e4
  2. #b1e7e7
  3. #b9e9e9
  4. #c2ecec
  5. #cbefef
  6. #d4f2f2
  7. #dcf4f4
  8. #e5f7f7
  9. #eefafa
  10. #f6fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8e4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8e4e4
  2. #a4dada
  3. #a0d0d0
  4. #9cc6c6
  5. #98bcbc
  6. #94b2b2
  7. #90a8a8
  8. #8c9e9e
  9. #889494
  10. #848a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7dede ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dcdee4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1d5e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93e8e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9e1e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2dbe4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ce6e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8e4e4 {
  color: #a8e4e4;
}
Background
.bg-a8e4e4 {
  background-color: #a8e4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8e4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #a8e4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8e4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 228 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 53% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8e4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8e4e4, #a8c6e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8e4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 228 228 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 2.19 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 3.89 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.89 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.77 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.93 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.98 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.55 #571b1b Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#a8e4e4  rgb(168, 228, 228)  hsl(180, 53%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#e4a8a8  rgb(228, 168, 168)  hsl(0, 53%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#e4a8e4  rgb(228, 168, 228)  hsl(300, 53%, 78%)  Plum
#e4e4a8  rgb(228, 228, 168)  hsl(60, 53%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod