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#A8EEEC

#a8eeec ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a8eeec is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 93.33% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.41% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.84% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 178.29°, with 67.31% saturation and 79.61% 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 16.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 1.52.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.7553

Complementary

  1. #a8eeec
  2. #eea8aa

Split complementary

  1. #a8eeec
  2. #eea8cd
  3. #eec9a8

Analogous

  1. #a8eec9
  2. #a8eeec
  3. #a8cdee

Triadic

  1. #a8eeec
  2. #eca8ee
  3. #eeeca8

Tetradic

  1. #a8eeec
  2. #a8aaee
  3. #eea8aa
  4. #eeeca8

Square

  1. #a8eeec
  2. #c9a8ee
  3. #eea8aa
  4. #cdeea8

Monochromatic

  1. #29d4cf
  2. #68e1de
  3. #a8eeec
  4. #e8fbfa
  5. #eefcfb

Shades

#a8eeec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a8eeec
  2. #97d6d4
  3. #86bebd
  4. #76a7a5
  5. #658f8e
  6. #547776
  7. #435f5e
  8. #324747
  9. #22302f
  10. #111818
  11. #000000

Tints

#a8eeec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a8eeec
  2. #b1f0ee
  3. #b9f1f0
  4. #c2f3f2
  5. #cbf5f4
  6. #d4f7f6
  7. #dcf8f7
  8. #e5faf9
  9. #eefcfb
  10. #f6fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a8eeec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a8eeec
  2. #a4e3e1
  3. #a0d8d6
  4. #9ccdcc
  5. #98c2c1
  6. #94b7b6
  7. #90acab
  8. #8ca1a0
  9. #889696
  10. #848b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e1e1e1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cde6e6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6e7ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8dded ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ff2ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0eaec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7e4ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9af0ed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a8eeec {
  color: #a8eeec;
}
Background
.bg-a8eeec {
  background-color: #a8eeec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a8eeec {
  border: 2px solid #a8eeec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a8eeec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 238 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 67% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a8eeec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a8eeec, #a8cdee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a8eeec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 238 236 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 1.52 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 3.62 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.13 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.21 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.64 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.77 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.17 #571113 Inverted #e1e1e1 Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#a8eeec  rgb(168, 238, 236)  hsl(178, 67%, 80%)  Pale Turquoise
#eea8aa  rgb(238, 168, 170)  hsl(358, 67%, 80%)  Pastel Pink
#eca8ee  rgb(236, 168, 238)  hsl(298, 67%, 80%)  Plum
#eeeca8  rgb(238, 236, 168)  hsl(58, 67%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod