CyanLightMuted

Pond Blue

#8EB5C5

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.20:1Fails

Black text

9.02:1AAA

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About Pond Blue

Pond Blue (#8EB5C5) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 142, 181, 197 and its HSL value is 197°, 32%, 66%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 9.02:1 (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

#8EB5C5 · #C59E8E

Analogous

#8EC5BA · #8EB5C5 · #8E99C5

Triadic

#8EB5C5 · #C58EB5 · #B5C58E

Split complementary

#8EB5C5 · #C58E99 · #C5BA8E

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