Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #AFEBFD

#AFEBFD — Pale Vivid Teal

#AFEBFD is a teal color we call Pale Vivid 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 #AFEBFD 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.

#AFEBFD 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 #FDC2AF; it also sits naturally between #AFFDE8 and #AFC4FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFEBFD · RGB 175, 235, 253

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#AFEBFD
RGB175, 235, 253
HSL194°, 95%, 84%
HSV194°, 31%, 99%
CMYK31%, 7%, 0%, 1%
XYZ65.12, 75.62, 104.09
Yxy75.62, 0.2660, 0.3089
CIE-Lab89.68, -14.75, -14.81
Hunter Lab86.96, -14.10, -15.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 92% · Blue 99%

Cyan 31% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFEBFD

.text { color: #AFEBFD; }
.background { background-color: #AFEBFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFEBFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 235, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(194, 95%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFEBFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 235, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFEBFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 235, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFEBFD

#88E1FC#60D7FB#38CDFA#10C3F9#06A9DB#058AB3#046C8B#034D63#022E3C#010F14

Tints of #AFEBFD

#B4ECFD#B9EDFD#C3F0FD#C8F1FE#CDF2FE#D2F4FE#D7F5FE#E1F7FE#E6F9FE#EBFAFE

Tones of #AFEBFD

#B5E8F7#BAE5F2#C0E2EC#C5DFE7#CBDCE1#D0D9DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FDC2AF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFEBFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFEBFD

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 #AFEBFD: ·

How #AFEBFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9CAF9Deuteranopia · #C6C1F8Tritanopia · #B2F5F4

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 #AFEBFD rather than the exact color:

Palette B1f0f7
#B1F0F7 · #81BFDA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette F7c8e0
#F7C8E0 · #DFFFD8 · #B4E4FF · #95BDFF
Honey Ruby Monsoon
#33AF14 · #29E753 · #5EEDBB · #ACF0F6
Palette 9fa1ff
#9FA1FF · #B5BAFF · #AEE2FF · #D9F9DF
Palette B9f3fc
#B9F3FC · #AEE2FF · #93C6E7 · #FEDEFF
Palette B799ff
#B799FF · #ACBCFF · #AEE2FF · #E6FFFD

Similar colors

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

#B1F0F7#B4E4FF#ACF0F6#AEE2FF#B8E8FC#A7E6FF#AEE1FC#B2EBF2#B6F4F9#BBE9FF#B2DFFB#B1F6F7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFEBFC  ·  #AFEBFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFEBFD?

#AFEBFD is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 175, 235, 253). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFEBFD?

#AFEBFD is RGB 175, 235, 253 — HSL 194°, 95%, 84% — CMYK 31%, 7%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #AFEBFD?

Its complement is #FDC2AF; analogous partners are #AFFDE8 and #AFC4FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFEBFD for text?

Black text on #AFEBFD has a contrast ratio of 16.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.