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#AFEBEC — Light Teal

#AFEBEC 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 #AFEBEC 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.

#AFEBEC 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 #EDB2B1; it also sits naturally between #B1EDD0 and #B1CEED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFEBEC · RGB 175, 235, 236

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Color values

HEX#AFEBEC
RGB175, 235, 236
HSL181°, 62%, 81%
HSV181°, 26%, 93%
CMYK26%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ62.53, 74.59, 90.46
Yxy74.59, 0.2748, 0.3277
CIE-Lab89.20, -18.59, -6.64
Hunter Lab86.36, -17.56, -6.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFEBEC

.text { color: #AFEBEC; }
.background { background-color: #AFEBEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFEBEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 235, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 62%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFEBEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 235, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFEBEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 235, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFEBEC

#8FE3E5#73DCDE#51D4D6#30CCCF#2AAFB2#228F91#1A6E70#124D4E#0C3132#041011

Tints of #AFEBEC

#B9EEEF#BDEFEF#C5F1F1#C9F2F2#D2F4F4#D6F5F5#DEF7F7#E2F8F8#EAFAFA#EEFBFB

Tones of #AFEBEC

#B5E7E8#B9E3E4#BEDFE0#C1DBDC#C6D7D7#CAD3D3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDB2B1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.32:1 Fails
Against black text15.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFEBEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFEBEC

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 #AFEBEC: ·

How #AFEBEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9CAECDeuteranopia · #C6C1ECTritanopia · #B2ECEC

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 #AFEBEC rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Cinder
#BD1D1A · #E96962 · #56E5E7 · #B0EFEE
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Frozen Ruby Opal
#8B2D1D · #D94B59 · #2FBCD4 · #B3E9E7
Palette 00bcd4
#00BCD4 · #B2EBF2 · #FF5722 · #DD2C00
Palette 80cbc4
#80CBC4 · #B4EBE6 · #FBF8EF · #FFB433
Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6

Similar colors

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

#B0EFEE#B5EAEA#B3E9E7#B2EBF2#B4EBE6#AEE6E6#B1E5E6#AAEFE5#B6E3EA#B9E8E8#B4E1EB#AFE0EF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFEBEB  ·  #AFEBED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFEBEC?

#AFEBEC is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 175, 235, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFEBEC?

#AFEBEC is RGB 175, 235, 236 — HSL 181°, 62%, 81% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #AFEBEC?

Its complement is #EDB2B1; analogous partners are #B1EDD0 and #B1CEED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFEBEC for text?

Black text on #AFEBEC has a contrast ratio of 15.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.