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#AEE2FC — Pale Vivid Blue

#AEE2FC is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color PaleTurquoise (#AFEEEE). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: paleturquoise (#AFEEEE) — not an exact match. CSS paleturquoise gives you #AFEEEE, a different color; use #AEE2FC 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.

#AEE2FC is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FCCAB0; it also sits naturally between #B0FCEF and #B0BDFC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEE2FC · RGB 174, 226, 252

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Color values

HEX#AEE2FC
RGB174, 226, 252
HSL200°, 93%, 84%
HSV200°, 31%, 99%
CMYK31%, 10%, 0%, 1%
XYZ62.22, 70.42, 102.41
Yxy70.42, 0.2647, 0.2996
CIE-Lab87.20, -10.69, -18.02
Hunter Lab83.92, -10.18, -18.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 89% · Blue 99%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AEE2FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AEE2FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AEE2FC

.text { color: #AEE2FC; }
.background { background-color: #AEE2FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEE2FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 226, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(200, 93%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEE2FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 226, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEE2FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 226, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AEE2FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AEE2FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AEE2FC

#89D5FB#62C7F9#3AB9F8#13ABF6#0893D9#0678B1#055E8A#044362#02283B#010D14

Tints of #AEE2FC

#B5E5FC#BAE6FD#C4EAFD#C9ECFD#CEEDFD#D3EFFD#D8F1FE#E1F4FE#E6F6FE#EBF8FE

Tones of #AEE2FC

#B6E1F7#BBDFF1#C1DDEC#C6DCE7#CBDAE1#D1D8DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCCAB0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.39:1 Fails
Against black text15.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEE2FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEE2FC

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 #AEE2FC: ·

How #AEE2FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C5F6Deuteranopia · #C2BEF4Tritanopia · #B1F1F0

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 #AEE2FC rather than the exact color:

Palette Aee1fc
#AEE1FC · #60ABFB · #5170FD · #4636FC
Palette 9fa1ff
#9FA1FF · #B5BAFF · #AEE2FF · #D9F9DF
Palette B9f3fc
#B9F3FC · #AEE2FF · #93C6E7 · #FEDEFF
Palette B799ff
#B799FF · #ACBCFF · #AEE2FF · #E6FFFD
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FDEDED · #EDFFF0 · #AEDEFC
Palette Fb929e
#FB929E · #FFDFDF · #FFF6F6 · #AEDEFC

Similar colors

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

#AEE1FC#AEE2FF#AEDEFC#B2DFFB#B4E4FF#B5DEFF#A7E6FF#B7E0FF#B8E8FC#ABE0F0#AFE0EF#BBE1FA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEE2FB  ·  #AEE2FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEE2FC?

#AEE2FC is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 174, 226, 252). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEE2FC?

#AEE2FC is RGB 174, 226, 252 — HSL 200°, 93%, 84% — CMYK 31%, 10%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #AEE2FC?

Its complement is #FCCAB0; analogous partners are #B0FCEF and #B0BDFC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEE2FC for text?

Black text on #AEE2FC has a contrast ratio of 15.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.