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#AEEAEC — Light Teal

#AEEAEC 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 #AEEAEC 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.

#AEEAEC 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 #ECAEAC; it also sits naturally between #ACECCE and #ACCAEC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEEAEC · RGB 174, 234, 236

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Color values

HEX#AEEAEC
RGB174, 234, 236
HSL182°, 62%, 80%
HSV182°, 26%, 93%
CMYK26%, 1%, 0%, 7%
XYZ62.02, 73.90, 90.35
Yxy73.90, 0.2741, 0.3266
CIE-Lab88.88, -18.37, -7.12
Hunter Lab85.97, -17.34, -7.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AEEAEC

.text { color: #AEEAEC; }
.background { background-color: #AEEAEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEEAEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 234, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(182, 62%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEEAEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 234, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEEAEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 234, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEEAEC

#8BE1E4#6ED9DD#4DD1D5#30C9CF#29A9AE#21898C#1A6D70#124C4E#0C3032#041011

Tints of #AEEAEC

#B5ECEE#B9EDEF#C1EFF0#C5F0F1#CDF2F3#D6F4F5#DAF5F6#E2F7F8#E6F9F9#EEFBFB

Tones of #AEEAEC

#B1E5E7#B6E1E2#BADDDE#BED9DA#C3D5D5#C7D0D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECAEAC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEEAEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEEAEC

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 #AEEAEC: ·

How #AEEAEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C9ECDeuteranopia · #C5C0EBTritanopia · #B1EBEB

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 #AEEAEC rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Frozen Ruby Opal
#8B2D1D · #D94B59 · #2FBCD4 · #B3E9E7
Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6
Palette 00bcd4
#00BCD4 · #B2EBF2 · #FF5722 · #DD2C00
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Tranquil Ruby
#F29191 · #F7ADAD · #B1E5E6 · #CCFBFA

Similar colors

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

#B0EFEE#B3E9E7#AEE6E6#B2EBF2#B5EAEA#B1E5E6#B4EBE6#AAEFE5#AFE0EF#B6E3EA#A7E8E4#B4E1EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEEAEB  ·  #AEEAED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEEAEC?

#AEEAEC is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 174, 234, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEEAEC?

#AEEAEC is RGB 174, 234, 236 — HSL 182°, 62%, 80% — CMYK 26%, 1%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #AEEAEC?

Its complement is #ECAEAC; analogous partners are #ACECCE and #ACCAEC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEEAEC for text?

Black text on #AEEAEC has a contrast ratio of 15.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.