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Lake

#8EC9CD

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.84:1Fails

Black text

10.73:1AAA

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About Lake

Lake (#8EC9CD) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 142, 201, 205 and its HSL value is 184°, 39%, 68%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Lake, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#8EC9CD · #CD928E

Analogous

#8ECDB2 · #8EC9CD · #8EA9CD

Triadic

#8EC9CD · #CD8EC9 · #C9CD8E

Split complementary

#8EC9CD · #CD8EA9 · #CDB28E

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