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#AAEEDC — Light Teal

#AAEEDC 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 #AAEEDC 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.

#AAEEDC 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 #EEAABC; it also sits naturally between #AAEEBA and #AADEEE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAEEDC · RGB 170, 238, 220

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Color values

HEX#AAEEDC
RGB170, 238, 220
HSL164°, 67%, 80%
HSV164°, 29%, 93%
CMYK29%, 0%, 8%, 7%
XYZ60.07, 74.86, 78.99
Yxy74.86, 0.2808, 0.3499
CIE-Lab89.33, -24.92, 1.89
Hunter Lab86.52, -23.23, 1.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 86%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 8% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AAEEDC

.text { color: #AAEEDC; }
.background { background-color: #AAEEDC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEEDC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 238, 220); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(164, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEEDC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 238, 220, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEEDC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 238, 220, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AAEEDC

#88E7CE#6AE2C2#48DBB4#2AD5A7#23B38D#1D9172#17735A#105140#0A3328#03110D

Tints of #AAEEDC

#B2F0DF#B7F1E1#BFF2E5#C3F3E6#CCF5EA#D4F7ED#D9F7EF#E1F9F3#E5FAF4#EEFCF8

Tones of #AAEEDC

#AFE9DA#B4E4D7#B9DFD5#BDDBD3#C2D6D1#C7D1CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEAABC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.31:1 Fails
Against black text15.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAEEDC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEEDC

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 #AAEEDC: ·

How #AAEEDC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C8E0Deuteranopia · #C4BEE1Tritanopia · #ADE4E5

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 #AAEEDC rather than the exact color:

Golden Ruby Mirage
#799D21 · #60D63A · #77E28E · #ACEED9
Palette Abedd8
#ABEDD8 · #46CDCF · #0081C6 · #48466D
Palette 0abab5
#0ABAB5 · #56DFCF · #ADEED9 · #FFEDF3
Serene Marble
#8F112D · #EE7875 · #3FE7C2 · #ADEFD7
Mellow Aurora
#17A296 · #D644E4 · #D8C81F · #A7E9DE
Palette F7cfd8
#F7CFD8 · #F4F8D3 · #A6F1E0 · #73C7C7

Similar colors

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

#ACEED9#ABEDD8#ADEED9#ADEFD7#A7E9DE#A6F1E0#AFF3DB#A5E9DD#A5E9DB#A5E9E1#AAEFE5#A6EBD4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAEEDB  ·  #AAEEDD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAEEDC?

#AAEEDC is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 170, 238, 220). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEEDC?

#AAEEDC is RGB 170, 238, 220 — HSL 164°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 29%, 0%, 8%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEEDC?

Its complement is #EEAABC; analogous partners are #AAEEBA and #AADEEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEEDC for text?

Black text on #AAEEDC has a contrast ratio of 15.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.