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#A4E4EE — Light Teal

#A4E4EE is a teal color we call Light Teal, closest to the named color PaleTurquoise (#AFEEEE). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: paleturquoise (#AFEEEE) — not an exact match. CSS paleturquoise gives you #AFEEEE, a different color; use #A4E4EE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#A4E4EE is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EEAEA5; it also sits naturally between #A5EED3 and #A5C0EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A4E4EE · RGB 164, 228, 238

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Color values

HEX#A4E4EE
RGB164, 228, 238
HSL188°, 69%, 79%
HSV188°, 31%, 93%
CMYK31%, 4%, 0%, 7%
XYZ58.49, 69.55, 91.23
Yxy69.55, 0.2667, 0.3172
CIE-Lab86.78, -17.72, -11.35
Hunter Lab83.40, -16.57, -11.44

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 89% · Blue 93%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #A4E4EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A4E4EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A4E4EE

.text { color: #A4E4EE; }
.background { background-color: #A4E4EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A4E4EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 228, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(188, 69%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A4E4EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 228, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A4E4EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 228, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A4E4EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A4E4EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A4E4EE

#86DCE9#64D2E3#46C9DD#27BCD3#21A1B5#1B8393#156874#0F4952#092E34#030F11

Tints of #A4E4EE

#ADE7F0#B1E8F1#BAEBF2#C3EDF4#CBF0F6#D0F1F6#D8F4F8#E1F6F9#E5F7FA#EEFAFC

Tones of #A4E4EE

#AAE1E9#AFDDE4#B5D9DE#B9D5DA#BFD1D4#C4CDCF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEAEA5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.41:1 Fails
Against black text14.91:1 AAA

Best text color on #A4E4EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A4E4EE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #A4E4EE: ·

How #A4E4EE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #C0C0ECDeuteranopia · #BCB7EBTritanopia · #A7EAE9

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A4E4EE rather than the exact color:

Palette E3fdfd
#E3FDFD · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9 · #71C9CE
Palette Ffe6eb
#FFE6EB · #DEFCFC · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9
Rustic Mosaic
#103345 · #2359B8 · #29BCE9 · #A2DEEA
Palette E2852e
#E2852E · #F5C857 · #FFEE91 · #ABE0F0
Palette Ddf3f5
#DDF3F5 · #A6DCEF · #F2AAAA · #E36387
Royal Ruby Tempest
#243868 · #306CA5 · #2A5AE5 · #A1DCEF

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A6E3E9#A2DEEA#ABE0F0#A6DCEF#A1DCEF#A4EBF3#A5DEE5#9FECF4#A7E8E4#A1E3F9#AFE0EF#A7E7E3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A4E4ED  ·  #A4E4EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A4E4EE?

#A4E4EE is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 164, 228, 238). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A4E4EE?

#A4E4EE is RGB 164, 228, 238 — HSL 188°, 69%, 79% — CMYK 31%, 4%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #A4E4EE?

Its complement is #EEAEA5; analogous partners are #A5EED3 and #A5C0EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A4E4EE for text?

Black text on #A4E4EE has a contrast ratio of 14.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.41:1.