Palettes / Colors / #AADEE4

#AADEE4 — Light Muted Teal

#AADEE4 is a teal color we call Light Muted Teal, closest to the named color PowderBlue (#B0E0E6). It belongs to the teal family.

#AADEE4 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 #E4B0AA; it also sits naturally between #AAE4CD and #AAC1E4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 87% · Blue 89%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 0% · Key 11%

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

Previews

CSS code for #AADEE4

.text { color: #AADEE4; }
.background { background-color: #AADEE4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AADEE4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 222, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(186, 52%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AADEE4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 222, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AADEE4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 222, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AADEE4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AADEE4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AADEE4

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E4B0AA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AADEE4: #000000.

How #AADEE4 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AADEE4 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #AADEE4?

#AADEE4 is Light Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 170, 222, 228). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AADEE4?

#AADEE4 is RGB 170, 222, 228 — HSL 186°, 52%, 78% — CMYK 25%, 3%, 0%, 11%.

What colors go with #AADEE4?

Its complement is #E4B0AA; analogous partners are #AAE4CD and #AAC1E4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AADEE4 for text?

Black text on #AADEE4 has a contrast ratio of 14.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.