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#AEEAEF — Light Teal

#AEEAEF 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 #AEEAEF 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.

#AEEAEF 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 #EFB3AE; it also sits naturally between #AEEFD4 and #AEC9EF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEEAEF · RGB 174, 234, 239

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Color values

HEX#AEEAEF
RGB174, 234, 239
HSL185°, 67%, 81%
HSV185°, 27%, 94%
CMYK27%, 2%, 0%, 6%
XYZ62.46, 74.08, 92.67
Yxy74.08, 0.2725, 0.3232
CIE-Lab88.96, -17.71, -8.57
Hunter Lab86.07, -16.75, -8.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 92% · Blue 94%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AEEAEF

.text { color: #AEEAEF; }
.background { background-color: #AEEAEF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEEAEF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 234, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(185, 67%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEEAEF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 234, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEEAEF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 234, 239, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEEAEF

#8CE1E8#6ED9E2#4CD0DC#2AC7D5#24ABB7#1D8B95#176B73#104C51#0A3033#031011

Tints of #AEEAEF

#B7ECF1#BBEDF2#C3EFF3#C8F0F4#D0F3F6#D4F4F7#DDF6F8#E1F7F9#EAF9FB#EEFAFC

Tones of #AEEAEF

#B3E6EA#B7E2E6#BCDEE1#C0DADD#C5D6D8#CAD3D3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFB3AE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.82:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEEAEF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEEAEF

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 #AEEAEF: ·

How #AEEAEF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C8C9EEDeuteranopia · #C5C0EETritanopia · #B1EDED

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 #AEEAEF rather than the exact color:

Palette 00bcd4
#00BCD4 · #B2EBF2 · #FF5722 · #DD2C00
Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Honey Ruby Monsoon
#33AF14 · #29E753 · #5EEDBB · #ACF0F6
Frozen Ruby Opal
#8B2D1D · #D94B59 · #2FBCD4 · #B3E9E7
Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6

Similar colors

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

#B2EBF2#B0EFEE#B5EAEA#ACF0F6#B3E9E7#AEE6E6#AFE0EF#B1F0F7#ABE0F0#B1E5E6#A4EBF3#B4EBE6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEEAEE  ·  #AEEAF0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEEAEF?

#AEEAEF is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 174, 234, 239). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEEAEF?

#AEEAEF is RGB 174, 234, 239 — HSL 185°, 67%, 81% — CMYK 27%, 2%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #AEEAEF?

Its complement is #EFB3AE; analogous partners are #AEEFD4 and #AEC9EF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEEAEF for text?

Black text on #AEEAEF has a contrast ratio of 15.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.