CyanLightMuted

Pond Blue

#8CB3C6

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.24:1Fails

Black text

8.84:1AAA

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About Pond Blue

Pond Blue (#8CB3C6) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 140, 179, 198 and its HSL value is 200°, 34%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.84:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Pond Blue, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#8CB3C6 · #C69F8C

Analogous

#8CC6BC · #8CB3C6 · #8C96C6

Triadic

#8CB3C6 · #C68CB3 · #B3C68C

Split complementary

#8CB3C6 · #C68C96 · #C6BC8C

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