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#ACE4E9 — Light Teal

#ACE4E9 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 #ACE4E9 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.

#ACE4E9 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 #E9B0AA; it also sits naturally between #AAE9CF and #AAC4E9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACE4E9 · RGB 172, 228, 233

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Color values

HEX#ACE4E9
RGB172, 228, 233
HSL185°, 58%, 79%
HSV185°, 26%, 91%
CMYK26%, 2%, 0%, 9%
XYZ59.46, 70.14, 87.50
Yxy70.14, 0.2739, 0.3231
CIE-Lab87.07, -16.61, -8.24
Hunter Lab83.75, -15.59, -8.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 89% · Blue 91%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 9%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ACE4E9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ACE4E9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ACE4E9

.text { color: #ACE4E9; }
.background { background-color: #ACE4E9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACE4E9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 228, 233); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(185, 58%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACE4E9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 228, 233, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACE4E9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 228, 233, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ACE4E9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ACE4E9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ACE4E9

#8EDAE1#6ED0D8#52C6D1#34B9C5#2D9FA9#248189#1D666D#14484D#0D2D30#040F10

Tints of #ACE4E9

#B2E6EB#B6E7EC#BFEAEE#C7EDF0#CFEFF2#D3F1F3#DBF3F5#E3F6F8#E7F7F9#EFFAFB

Tones of #ACE4E9

#AFE0E4#B3DCDF#B8D8DB#BCD5D7#C0D1D3#C5CDCE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E9B0AA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.40:1 Fails
Against black text15.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACE4E9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACE4E9

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 #ACE4E9: ·

How #ACE4E9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C4C5E8Deuteranopia · #C1BDE8Tritanopia · #AFE7E7

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 #ACE4E9 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6
Tranquil Ruby
#F29191 · #F7ADAD · #B1E5E6 · #CCFBFA
Palette E3fdfd
#E3FDFD · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9 · #71C9CE
Palette Ffe6eb
#FFE6EB · #DEFCFC · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9
Palette Aae3e2
#AAE3E2 · #D9ACF5 · #FFCEFE · #FDEBED
Hidden Ruby Orchard
#CEF3E2 · #AFE0EF · #C1C4EC · #DAB8F0

Similar colors

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

#AEE6E6#B1E5E6#A6E3E9#AAE3E2#AFE0EF#A7E8E4#ABE0F0#ACE2E1#A7E7E3#B4E1EB#AEE1E1#B3E9E7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACE4E8  ·  #ACE4EA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACE4E9?

#ACE4E9 is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 172, 228, 233). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACE4E9?

#ACE4E9 is RGB 172, 228, 233 — HSL 185°, 58%, 79% — CMYK 26%, 2%, 0%, 9%.

What colors go with #ACE4E9?

Its complement is #E9B0AA; analogous partners are #AAE9CF and #AAC4E9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACE4E9 for text?

Black text on #ACE4E9 has a contrast ratio of 15.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.40:1.