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#ACEAED — Light Teal

#ACEAED 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 #ACEAED 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.

#ACEAED 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 #EDAFAB; it also sits naturally between #ABEDCF and #ABC9ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ACEAED · RGB 172, 234, 237

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Color values

HEX#ACEAED
RGB172, 234, 237
HSL183°, 64%, 80%
HSV183°, 27%, 93%
CMYK27%, 1%, 0%, 7%
XYZ61.72, 73.73, 91.10
Yxy73.73, 0.2724, 0.3254
CIE-Lab88.80, -18.72, -7.78
Hunter Lab85.87, -17.65, -7.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ACEAED

.text { color: #ACEAED; }
.background { background-color: #ACEAED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ACEAED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 234, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(183, 64%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ACEAED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 234, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ACEAED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 234, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ACEAED

#8AE1E5#6DD9DF#4BD1D8#2EC9D1#27A9B0#1F898E#196D71#114C4F#0B3032#041011

Tints of #ACEAED

#B4ECEE#B8EDEF#C0EFF1#C4F0F2#CDF2F4#D5F4F6#D9F5F7#E2F7F9#E6F9F9#EEFBFB

Tones of #ACEAED

#B0E5E8#B5E1E3#B9DDDF#BED8DA#C3D4D5#C7D0D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDAFAB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #ACEAED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ACEAED

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 #ACEAED: ·

How #ACEAED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C7ECDeuteranopia · #C3BFECTritanopia · #AFECEC

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 #ACEAED rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Palette 00bcd4
#00BCD4 · #B2EBF2 · #FF5722 · #DD2C00
Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6
Frozen Ruby Opal
#8B2D1D · #D94B59 · #2FBCD4 · #B3E9E7
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Velvet Cinder
#AA1546 · #E94880 · #22E4A4 · #AAEFE5

Similar colors

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

#B0EFEE#B2EBF2#AEE6E6#B3E9E7#B5EAEA#AAEFE5#B1E5E6#A6E3E9#A4EBF3#A7E8E4#ABE0F0#AFE0EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ACEAEC  ·  #ACEAEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ACEAED?

#ACEAED is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 172, 234, 237). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ACEAED?

#ACEAED is RGB 172, 234, 237 — HSL 183°, 64%, 80% — CMYK 27%, 1%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #ACEAED?

Its complement is #EDAFAB; analogous partners are #ABEDCF and #ABC9ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ACEAED for text?

Black text on #ACEAED has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.