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#a4e8ea ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a4e8ea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 90.98% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.91% cyan, 0.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 181.71°, with 62.5% saturation and 78.04% 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 15.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 1.79.

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Relative luminance0.7155

Complementary

  1. #a4e8ea
  2. #eaa6a4

Split complementary

  1. #a4e8ea
  2. #eaa4c5
  3. #eac9a4

Analogous

  1. #a4eac9
  2. #a4e8ea
  3. #a4c5ea

Triadic

  1. #a4e8ea
  2. #eaa4e8
  3. #e8eaa4

Tetradic

  1. #a4e8ea
  2. #a6a4ea
  3. #eaa6a4
  4. #e8eaa4

Square

  1. #a4e8ea
  2. #c9a4ea
  3. #eaa6a4
  4. #c5eaa4

Monochromatic

  1. #2ec3c7
  2. #66d8dc
  3. #a4e8ea
  4. #e2f8f8
  5. #eefbfb

Shades

#a4e8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a4e8ea
  2. #94d1d3
  3. #83babb
  4. #73a2a4
  5. #628b8c
  6. #527475
  7. #425d5e
  8. #314646
  9. #212e2f
  10. #101717
  11. #000000

Tints

#a4e8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a4e8ea
  2. #adeaec
  3. #b6edee
  4. #bfeff0
  5. #c8f1f2
  6. #d2f4f5
  7. #dbf6f7
  8. #e4f8f9
  9. #edfafb
  10. #f6fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a4e8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a4e8ea
  2. #a0dedf
  3. #9dd3d5
  4. #99c9ca
  5. #96bec0
  6. #92b4b5
  7. #8eaaaa
  8. #8b9fa0
  9. #879595
  10. #848a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8e1e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dfe2ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2d8eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bede8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cae4ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1deea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95ebe9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a4e8ea {
  color: #a4e8ea;
}
Background
.bg-a4e8ea {
  background-color: #a4e8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a4e8ea {
  border: 2px solid #a4e8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a4e8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 232 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 182 63% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a4e8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a4e8ea, #a4c5ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a4e8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 232 234 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 1.79 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.57 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 4.90 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.51 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.74 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.42 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.95 #5b1715 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#a4e8ea  rgb(164, 232, 234)  hsl(182, 63%, 78%)  Pale Turquoise
#eaa6a4  rgb(234, 166, 164)  hsl(2, 63%, 78%)  Pastel Pink
#eaa4e8  rgb(234, 164, 232)  hsl(302, 63%, 78%)  Plum
#e8eaa4  rgb(232, 234, 164)  hsl(62, 63%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod