CyanLightMuted

Barely Aqua

#BBE8E1

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.33:1Fails

Black text

14.84:1AAA

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About Barely Aqua

Barely Aqua (#BBE8E1) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 187, 232, 225 and its HSL value is 171°, 49%, 82%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Barely Aqua, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#BBE8E1 · #E8BBC2

Analogous

#BBE8CB · #BBE8E1 · #BBD8E8

Triadic

#BBE8E1 · #E1BBE8 · #E8E1BB

Split complementary

#BBE8E1 · #E8BBD8 · #E8CBBB

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