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#AEEEEC — Light Teal

#AEEEEC 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 #AEEEEC 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.

#AEEEEC 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 #EEAFB1; it also sits naturally between #AFEECC and #AFD1EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AEEEEC · RGB 174, 238, 236

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Color values

HEX#AEEEEC
RGB174, 238, 236
HSL178°, 65%, 81%
HSV178°, 27%, 93%
CMYK27%, 0%, 1%, 7%
XYZ63.17, 76.20, 90.74
Yxy76.20, 0.2745, 0.3312
CIE-Lab89.95, -20.35, -5.53
Hunter Lab87.29, -19.23, -5.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AEEEEC

.text { color: #AEEEEC; }
.background { background-color: #AEEEEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEEEEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 238, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(178, 65%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEEEEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 238, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEEEEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 238, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEEEEC

#8DE7E4#70E1DD#4EDAD5#2DD2CD#26B5B0#1F938F#18726F#11504E#0B3231#041110

Tints of #AEEEEC

#B7F0EE#BCF1EF#C4F3F1#C8F3F2#D1F5F4#D5F6F5#DDF8F7#E2F9F8#EAFBFA#EEFBFB

Tones of #AEEEEC

#B3EAE8#B8E5E3#BDE0DF#C1DCDB#C5D8D7#CAD3D3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEAFB1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.29:1 Fails
Against black text16.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #AEEEEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEEEEC

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 #AEEEEC: ·

How #AEEEEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CACAECDeuteranopia · #C6C1EDTritanopia · #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 #AEEEEC rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Palette 00bcd4
#00BCD4 · #B2EBF2 · #FF5722 · #DD2C00
Velvet Cinder
#AA1546 · #E94880 · #22E4A4 · #AAEFE5
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Frozen Ruby Opal
#8B2D1D · #D94B59 · #2FBCD4 · #B3E9E7
Palette 80cbc4
#80CBC4 · #B4EBE6 · #FBF8EF · #FFB433

Similar colors

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

#B0EFEE#B2EBF2#AAEFE5#B5EAEA#B3E9E7#B4EBE6#AEE6E6#ACF0F6#A5F0E6#B1E5E6#B1F0F7#A7E8E4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AEEEEB  ·  #AEEEED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEEEEC?

#AEEEEC is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 174, 238, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEEEEC?

#AEEEEC is RGB 174, 238, 236 — HSL 178°, 65%, 81% — CMYK 27%, 0%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #AEEEEC?

Its complement is #EEAFB1; analogous partners are #AFEECC and #AFD1EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEEEEC for text?

Black text on #AEEEEC has a contrast ratio of 16.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.