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#AAEBEC — Light Teal

#AAEBEC 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 #AAEBEC 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.

#AAEBEC 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 #ECADAC; it also sits naturally between #ACECCD and #ACCBEC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAEBEC · RGB 170, 235, 236

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Color values

HEX#AAEBEC
RGB170, 235, 236
HSL181°, 63%, 80%
HSV181°, 28%, 93%
CMYK28%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ61.43, 74.02, 90.41
Yxy74.02, 0.2720, 0.3277
CIE-Lab88.93, -20.00, -7.06
Hunter Lab86.03, -18.81, -7.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AAEBEC

.text { color: #AAEBEC; }
.background { background-color: #AAEBEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEBEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 235, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 63%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEBEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 235, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEBEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 235, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AAEBEC

#8BE3E5#6EDCDE#4CD4D6#2FCDD0#28ACAF#208C8D#196F70#124E4F#0B3132#041011

Tints of #AAEBEC

#B4EDEE#B8EEEF#C1F0F1#C5F1F2#CDF3F4#D5F5F6#DAF6F7#E2F8F8#E6F9F9#EEFBFB

Tones of #AAEBEC

#B0E7E8#B5E2E3#BADEDE#BED9DA#C3D5D5#C7D0D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECADAC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAEBEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEBEC

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 #AAEBEC: ·

How #AAEBEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C6C7ECDeuteranopia · #C2BEECTritanopia · #ADECEC

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 #AAEBEC rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Velvet Cinder
#AA1546 · #E94880 · #22E4A4 · #AAEFE5
Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6
Electric Zephyr
#168C8F · #B41CB1 · #C3C71F · #A7E8E4
Palette F4f9f9
#F4F9F9 · #CCF2F4 · #A4EBF3 · #AAAAAA
Electric Garden
#8B0F1A · #ED5258 · #1CE7D4 · #A5F0E6

Similar colors

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

#B0EFEE#AAEFE5#AEE6E6#A7E8E4#A4EBF3#A5F0E6#A6E3E9#B2EBF2#A7E7E3#B3E9E7#B1E5E6#B5EAEA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAEBEB  ·  #AAEBED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAEBEC?

#AAEBEC is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 170, 235, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEBEC?

#AAEBEC is RGB 170, 235, 236 — HSL 181°, 63%, 80% — CMYK 28%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEBEC?

Its complement is #ECADAC; analogous partners are #ACECCD and #ACCBEC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEBEC for text?

Black text on #AAEBEC has a contrast ratio of 15.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.