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#ACEAEA — Light Teal

#ACEAEA 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 #ACEAEA 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.

#ACEAEA 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 #EBADAD; it also sits naturally between #ADEBCC and #ADCCEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACEAEA · RGB 172, 234, 234

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Color values

HEX#ACEAEA
RGB172, 234, 234
HSL180°, 60%, 80%
HSV180°, 26%, 92%
CMYK26%, 0%, 0%, 8%
XYZ61.29, 73.56, 88.81
Yxy73.56, 0.2740, 0.3289
CIE-Lab88.71, -19.38, -6.33
Hunter Lab85.77, -18.24, -6.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 92% · Blue 92%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ACEAEA

.text { color: #ACEAEA; }
.background { background-color: #ACEAEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACEAEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 234, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 60%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACEAEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 234, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACEAEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 234, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ACEAEA

#8DE2E2#70DBDB#50D3D3#33CCCC#2BABAB#238B8B#1C6E6E#134E4E#0C3131#041010

Tints of #ACEAEA

#B6EDED#BAEEEE#C2F0F0#C6F1F1#CEF3F3#D6F5F5#DAF6F6#E2F8F8#E7F9F9#EFFBFB

Tones of #ACEAEA

#B2E6E6#B6E2E2#BBDDDD#BFD9D9#C3D5D5#C7D1D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBADAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACEAEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACEAEA

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 #ACEAEA: ·

How #ACEAEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7EADeuteranopia · #C3BFEATritanopia · #AFEAEA

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 #ACEAEA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6
Velvet Cinder
#AA1546 · #E94880 · #22E4A4 · #AAEFE5
Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Frozen Ruby Opal
#8B2D1D · #D94B59 · #2FBCD4 · #B3E9E7
Electric Zephyr
#168C8F · #B41CB1 · #C3C71F · #A7E8E4
Tranquil Ruby
#F29191 · #F7ADAD · #B1E5E6 · #CCFBFA

Similar colors

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

#AEE6E6#AAEFE5#B0EFEE#B3E9E7#A7E8E4#B1E5E6#B5EAEA#B4EBE6#A7E7E3#A6E3E9#A5F0E6#B2EBF2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACEAE9  ·  #ACEAEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACEAEA?

#ACEAEA is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 172, 234, 234). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACEAEA?

#ACEAEA is RGB 172, 234, 234 — HSL 180°, 60%, 80% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #ACEAEA?

Its complement is #EBADAD; analogous partners are #ADEBCC and #ADCCEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACEAEA for text?

Black text on #ACEAEA has a contrast ratio of 15.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.