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#AAEEEC — Light Teal

#AAEEEC 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 #AAEEEC 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.

#AAEEEC 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 #EEAAAC; it also sits naturally between #AAEECA and #AACEEE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAEEEC · RGB 170, 238, 236

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Color values

HEX#AAEEEC
RGB170, 238, 236
HSL178°, 67%, 80%
HSV178°, 29%, 93%
CMYK29%, 0%, 1%, 7%
XYZ62.29, 75.75, 90.70
Yxy75.75, 0.2723, 0.3312
CIE-Lab89.74, -21.48, -5.86
Hunter Lab87.04, -20.22, -5.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AAEEEC

.text { color: #AAEEEC; }
.background { background-color: #AAEEEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAEEEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 238, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(178, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAEEEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 238, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAEEEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 238, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AAEEEC

#88E7E4#6AE2DE#48DBD6#2AD5CF#23B3AE#1D918D#177370#10514F#0A3332#031111

Tints of #AAEEEC

#B2F0EE#B7F1EF#BFF2F1#C3F3F2#CCF5F4#D4F7F5#D9F7F6#E1F9F8#E5FAF9#EEFCFB

Tones of #AAEEEC

#AFE9E7#B4E4E3#B9DFDE#BDDBDA#C2D6D5#C7D1D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEAAAC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAEEEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAEEEC

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 #AAEEEC: ·

How #AAEEEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C8ECDeuteranopia · #C4BEEDTritanopia · #ADEDED

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 #AAEEEC rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Velvet Cinder
#AA1546 · #E94880 · #22E4A4 · #AAEFE5
Electric Garden
#8B0F1A · #ED5258 · #1CE7D4 · #A5F0E6
Palette F4f9f9
#F4F9F9 · #CCF2F4 · #A4EBF3 · #AAAAAA
Palette E8ffff
#E8FFFF · #A6F6F1 · #41AEA9 · #213E3B
Honey Ruby Monsoon
#33AF14 · #29E753 · #5EEDBB · #ACF0F6

Similar colors

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

#B0EFEE#AAEFE5#A5F0E6#A4EBF3#A6F6F1#ACF0F6#A7E8E4#B2EBF2#AEE6E6#B3E9E7#A7E7E3#B5EAEA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAEEEB  ·  #AAEEED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAEEEC?

#AAEEEC is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 170, 238, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAEEEC?

#AAEEEC is RGB 170, 238, 236 — HSL 178°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 29%, 0%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #AAEEEC?

Its complement is #EEAAAC; analogous partners are #AAEECA and #AACEEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAEEEC for text?

Black text on #AAEEEC has a contrast ratio of 16.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.