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#ADEAFA — Pale Vivid Teal

#ADEAFA is a teal color we call Pale Vivid 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 #ADEAFA 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.

#ADEAFA 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 #FABDAD; it also sits naturally between #ADFAE3 and #ADC4FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ADEAFA · RGB 173, 234, 250

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Color values

HEX#ADEAFA
RGB173, 234, 250
HSL192°, 89%, 83%
HSV192°, 31%, 98%
CMYK31%, 6%, 0%, 2%
XYZ63.91, 74.63, 101.48
Yxy74.63, 0.2663, 0.3109
CIE-Lab89.22, -15.49, -13.95
Hunter Lab86.39, -14.74, -14.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 92% · Blue 98%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ADEAFA

.text { color: #ADEAFA; }
.background { background-color: #ADEAFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ADEAFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 234, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(192, 89%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ADEAFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 234, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ADEAFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 234, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ADEAFA

#87E1F8#60D8F6#39CEF3#13C5F1#0CACD4#0A8DAE#086E87#064E60#032F3A#011013

Tints of #ADEAFA

#B2ECFB#BCEEFB#C0F0FB#C5F1FC#CFF3FC#D4F4FC#D8F5FD#DDF7FD#E7F9FE#ECFAFE

Tones of #ADEAFA

#B3E7F5#B8E4EF#BEE1EA#C3DEE4#C9DADE#CED7D9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FABDAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.32:1 Fails
Against black text15.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #ADEAFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ADEAFA

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 #ADEAFA: ·

How #ADEAFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C8F6Deuteranopia · #C4BFF5Tritanopia · #B0F3F2

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 #ADEAFA rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Monsoon
#33AF14 · #29E753 · #5EEDBB · #ACF0F6
Palette B1f0f7
#B1F0F7 · #81BFDA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette 050c9c
#050C9C · #3572EF · #3ABEF9 · #A7E6FF
Palette Aee1fc
#AEE1FC · #60ABFB · #5170FD · #4636FC
Palette 9fa1ff
#9FA1FF · #B5BAFF · #AEE2FF · #D9F9DF
Palette B9f3fc
#B9F3FC · #AEE2FF · #93C6E7 · #FEDEFF

Similar colors

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

#ACF0F6#B1F0F7#A7E6FF#AEE1FC#AEE2FF#B2EBF2#B4E4FF#B8E8FC#A4EBF3#A1EAFB#B2DFFB#AEDEFC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ADEAF9  ·  #ADEAFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ADEAFA?

#ADEAFA is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 173, 234, 250). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ADEAFA?

#ADEAFA is RGB 173, 234, 250 — HSL 192°, 89%, 83% — CMYK 31%, 6%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #ADEAFA?

Its complement is #FABDAD; analogous partners are #ADFAE3 and #ADC4FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ADEAFA for text?

Black text on #ADEAFA has a contrast ratio of 15.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.