#92FAEF colour

#92FAEF is a light cyan close to CSS paleturquoise. RGB 146, 250, 239, HSL 174, 91%, 78%. Black text passes AAA (17.14:1), white fails (1.23:1).

#92FAEF

Nearest CSS name: paleturquoise #afeeee (not an exact match)
Described as: a light cyan
Red, green, blue: 146, 250, 239
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.8071 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#92faef`
RGB	`rgb(146, 250, 239)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(57.3% 98% 93.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(173.7, 91.2%, 77.6%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(173.7, 41.6%, 98%)`
HWB	`hwb(173.7 57.3% 2%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(42%, 0%, 4%, 2%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(91.76% -33.61 -4.73)`
OKLCH	`oklch(91.89% 0.0988 186.89)`
Decimal	`9632495`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.23:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 17.14:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.23:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	17.14:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #92FAEF (17.14:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#9cfaf0 18%#a6fbf2 27%#b0fbf3 36%#bafcf5 45%#c4fcf6 55%#cdfdf8 64%#d7fdf9 73%#e1fefb 82%#ebfefc 91%#f5fffe

9%#85e3d9 18%#77cdc4 27%#6ab6ae 36%#5d9f98 45%#508882 55%#42726d 64%#355b57 73%#284441 82%#1b2d2b 91%#0d1716

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#92faef #fa929d

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#92fabb #92faef #92d1fa

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#92faef #ef92fa #faef92

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#92faef #fa92d1 #fabb92

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#92faef #bb92fa #fa929d #d1fa92

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#92faef Protanopia#f0f0ef Deuteranopia#dee2f0 Tritanopia#66fef6 Achromatopsia#e8e8e8

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #92faef;`
Background	`background-color: #92faef;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #92faef;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(146 250 239 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #92faef;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #92faef, #58968f);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #befcf5, #92faef);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #92faef; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #92FAEF to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.