Palettes / Colors / #AEEAEA

#AEEAEA — Light Teal

#AEEAEA is a teal color we call Light Teal, closest to the named color PaleTurquoise (#AFEEEE). It belongs to the teal family.

#AEEAEA 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 #EAAEAE; it also sits naturally between #AEEACC and #AECCEA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · 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

CSS code for #AEEAEA

.text { color: #AEEAEA; }
.background { background-color: #AEEAEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEEAEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 234, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 59%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEEAEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 234, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEEAEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 234, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEEAEA

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Tones of #AEEAEA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EAAEAE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AEEAEA: #000000.

How #AEEAEA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AEEAEA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEEAE9  ·  #AEEAEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEEAEA?

#AEEAEA is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 174, 234, 234). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEEAEA?

#AEEAEA is RGB 174, 234, 234 — HSL 180°, 59%, 80% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #AEEAEA?

Its complement is #EAAEAE; analogous partners are #AEEACC and #AECCEA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEEAEA for text?

Black text on #AEEAEA has a contrast ratio of 15.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.