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#A4EAE2 — Light Teal

#A4EAE2 is a teal color we call Light Teal, closest to the named color PowderBlue (#B0E0E6). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: powderblue (#B0E0E6) — not an exact match. CSS powderblue gives you #B0E0E6, a different color; use #A4EAE2 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.

#A4EAE2 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 #EAA4AC; it also sits naturally between #A4EABF and #A4CFEA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A4EAE2 · RGB 164, 234, 226

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Color values

HEX#A4EAE2
RGB164, 234, 226
HSL173°, 62%, 78%
HSV173°, 30%, 92%
CMYK30%, 0%, 3%, 8%
XYZ58.46, 72.23, 82.81
Yxy72.23, 0.2738, 0.3383
CIE-Lab88.08, -23.40, -3.11
Hunter Lab84.99, -21.75, -3.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 92% · Blue 89%

Cyan 30% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 3% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #A4EAE2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A4EAE2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A4EAE2

.text { color: #A4EAE2; }
.background { background-color: #A4EAE2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A4EAE2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 234, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(173, 62%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A4EAE2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 234, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A4EAE2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 234, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A4EAE2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A4EAE2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A4EAE2

#87E3D8#66DBCD#49D4C4#2FC6B5#28A99A#218C80#196B62#124E47#0B2D29#04110F

Tints of #A4EAE2

#ACECE4#B5EEE7#B9EFE8#C1F0EB#C9F2EE#D2F4F0#DAF6F3#DEF7F4#E6F9F7#EEFBFA

Tones of #A4EAE2

#A9E5DE#AEE0DA#B3DBD6#B8D6D3#BDD1CF#C2CCCB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EAA4AC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.36:1 Fails
Against black text15.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #A4EAE2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A4EAE2

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 #A4EAE2: ·

How #A4EAE2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C2C3E4Deuteranopia · #BEB9E4Tritanopia · #A7E5E6

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 #A4EAE2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 2e2b2b
#2E2B2B · #388186 · #A5E9E1 · #FDF6F6
Electric Zephyr
#168C8F · #B41CB1 · #C3C71F · #A7E8E4
Amber Orchard
#A7E7E3 · #72D9D3 · #49D0C7 · #26736E
Mellow Aurora
#17A296 · #D644E4 · #D8C81F · #A7E9DE
Palette Fdf4af
#FDF4AF · #A5E9DD · #6FBEB2 · #34908B
Palette F8ed86
#F8ED86 · #A5E9DB · #2CA4BF · #415B90

Similar colors

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

#A5E9E1#A7E8E4#A7E7E3#A7E9DE#A5E9DD#A5E9DB#A5F0E6#A6F1E0#AAEFE5#AAE3E2#9CE7DE#A6E3E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A4EAE1  ·  #A4EAE3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A4EAE2?

#A4EAE2 is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 164, 234, 226). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A4EAE2?

#A4EAE2 is RGB 164, 234, 226 — HSL 173°, 62%, 78% — CMYK 30%, 0%, 3%, 8%.

What colors go with #A4EAE2?

Its complement is #EAA4AC; analogous partners are #A4EABF and #A4CFEA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A4EAE2 for text?

Black text on #A4EAE2 has a contrast ratio of 15.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.36:1.