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#A4E7EF — Light Teal

#A4E7EF 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 #A4E7EF 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.

#A4E7EF 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 #EFABA4; it also sits naturally between #A4EFD1 and #A4C2EF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A4E7EF · RGB 164, 231, 239

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Color values

HEX#A4E7EF
RGB164, 231, 239
HSL186°, 70%, 79%
HSV186°, 31%, 94%
CMYK31%, 3%, 0%, 6%
XYZ59.47, 71.28, 92.28
Yxy71.28, 0.2666, 0.3196
CIE-Lab87.62, -18.99, -10.62
Hunter Lab84.43, -17.79, -10.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 91% · Blue 94%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A4E7EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A4E7EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A4E7EF

.text { color: #A4E7EF; }
.background { background-color: #A4E7EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A4E7EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 231, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(186, 70%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A4E7EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 231, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A4E7EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 231, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A4E7EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A4E7EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A4E7EF

#86E0EA#63D7E3#45CFDE#25C3D4#20A7B6#1A8793#156B75#0F4C52#093034#031011

Tints of #A4E7EF

#ADEAF0#B1EBF1#BAEDF3#C2EFF4#CBF2F6#CFF3F7#D8F5F8#E1F7FA#E5F8FA#EEFBFC

Tones of #A4E7EF

#A9E3EA#AFDFE4#B4DBDF#B9D6DA#BFD2D4#C4CECF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFABA4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.38:1 Fails
Against black text15.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #A4E7EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A4E7EF

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 #A4E7EF: ·

How #A4E7EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1C2EDDeuteranopia · #BDB8EDTritanopia · #A7ECEB

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 #A4E7EF rather than the exact color:

Palette F4f9f9
#F4F9F9 · #CCF2F4 · #A4EBF3 · #AAAAAA
Palette E3fdfd
#E3FDFD · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9 · #71C9CE
Palette Ffe6eb
#FFE6EB · #DEFCFC · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9
Wild Summit
#A3B515 · #58E72E · #6DEEA5 · #9FECF4
Palette E2852e
#E2852E · #F5C857 · #FFEE91 · #ABE0F0
Rustic Mosaic
#103345 · #2359B8 · #29BCE9 · #A2DEEA

Similar colors

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

#A4EBF3#A6E3E9#9FECF4#ABE0F0#A2DEEA#A6DCEF#A1E3F9#A1DCEF#A7E8E4#A7E7E3#A1EAFB#A5F0E6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A4E7EE  ·  #A4E7F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A4E7EF?

#A4E7EF is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 164, 231, 239). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A4E7EF?

#A4E7EF is RGB 164, 231, 239 — HSL 186°, 70%, 79% — CMYK 31%, 3%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #A4E7EF?

Its complement is #EFABA4; analogous partners are #A4EFD1 and #A4C2EF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A4E7EF for text?

Black text on #A4E7EF has a contrast ratio of 15.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.38:1.