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#ABE5E8

#abe5e8 ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abe5e8 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 89.8% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.29% cyan, 1.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 182.95°, with 57.01% saturation and 79.02% 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 15.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 2.41.

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Relative luminance0.7052

Complementary

  1. #abe5e8
  2. #e8aeab

Split complementary

  1. #abe5e8
  2. #e8abc7
  3. #e8cdab

Analogous

  1. #abe8cd
  2. #abe5e8
  3. #abc7e8

Triadic

  1. #abe5e8
  2. #e8abe5
  3. #e5e8ab

Tetradic

  1. #abe5e8
  2. #aeabe8
  3. #e8aeab
  4. #e5e8ab

Square

  1. #abe5e8
  2. #cdabe8
  3. #e8aeab
  4. #c7e8ab

Monochromatic

  1. #36bdc4
  2. #6fd2d8
  3. #abe5e8
  4. #e7f8f8
  5. #effafb

Shades

#abe5e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abe5e8
  2. #9aced1
  3. #89b7ba
  4. #78a0a2
  5. #67898b
  6. #567374
  7. #445c5d
  8. #334546
  9. #222e2e
  10. #111717
  11. #000000

Tints

#abe5e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abe5e8
  2. #b3e8ea
  3. #bceaed
  4. #c4edef
  5. #cdeff1
  6. #d5f2f4
  7. #ddf5f6
  8. #e6f7f8
  9. #eefafa
  10. #f7fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abe5e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abe5e8
  2. #a7dbde
  3. #a2d1d3
  4. #9ec7c9
  5. #9abdbe
  6. #96b3b4
  7. #91a8aa
  8. #8d9e9f
  9. #899495
  10. #848a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dbdbdb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9dfe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde0e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1d7e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96e9e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbe2e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3dde8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fe8e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abe5e8 {
  color: #abe5e8;
}
Background
.bg-abe5e8 {
  background-color: #abe5e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abe5e8 {
  border: 2px solid #abe5e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abe5e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 229 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 57% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abe5e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abe5e8, #abc7e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abe5e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 229 232 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 2.41 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 2.76 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.54 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.01 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.83 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 8.12 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 8.92 #541a17 Inverted #dbdbdb Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#abe5e8  rgb(171, 229, 232)  hsl(183, 57%, 79%)  Pale Turquoise
#e8aeab  rgb(232, 174, 171)  hsl(3, 57%, 79%)  Pastel Pink
#e8abe5  rgb(232, 171, 229)  hsl(303, 57%, 79%)  Plum
#e5e8ab  rgb(229, 232, 171)  hsl(63, 57%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod