Palettes / Colors / #AEEEEF

#AEEEEF — Light Teal

#AEEEEF 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 #AEEEEF 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.

#AEEEEF 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 #EFAFAE; it also sits naturally between #AEEFD0 and #AECDEF. 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 93% · Blue 94%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #AEEEEF

.text { color: #AEEEEF; }
.background { background-color: #AEEEEF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AEEEEF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(174, 238, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 67%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AEEEEF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(174, 238, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AEEEEF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(174, 238, 239, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AEEEEF

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFAFAE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #AEEEEF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AEEEEF

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:

How #AEEEEF 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 #AEEEEF 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

← #AEEEEE  ·  #AEEEF0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AEEEEF?

#AEEEEF is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 174, 238, 239). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AEEEEF?

#AEEEEF is RGB 174, 238, 239 — HSL 181°, 67%, 81% — CMYK 27%, 0%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #AEEEEF?

Its complement is #EFAFAE; analogous partners are #AEEFD0 and #AECDEF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AEEEEF for text?

Black text on #AEEEEF has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.