CyanLightMuted

Pale Aqua

#BCD4E0

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.54:1Fails

Black text

12.85:1AAA

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About Pale Aqua

Pale Aqua (#BCD4E0) is a light muted cyan. Its RGB value is 188, 212, 224 and its HSL value is 200°, 37%, 81%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 12.85:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Pale Aqua, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Harmonies

Complementary

#BCD4E0 · #E0C8BC

Analogous

#BCE0DA · #BCD4E0 · #BCC2E0

Triadic

#BCD4E0 · #E0BCD4 · #D4E0BC

Split complementary

#BCD4E0 · #E0BCC2 · #E0DABC

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