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#AFFEED — Pale Vivid Teal

#AFFEED 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 #AFFEED 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.

#AFFEED 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 #FEAEC0; it also sits naturally between #AEFEC5 and #AEE8FE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AFFEED · RGB 175, 254, 237

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Color values

HEX#AFFEED
RGB175, 254, 237
HSL167°, 98%, 84%
HSV167°, 31%, 100%
CMYK31%, 0%, 7%, 0%
XYZ68.41, 86.11, 93.14
Yxy86.11, 0.2762, 0.3477
CIE-Lab94.36, -27.61, 0.42
Hunter Lab92.80, -26.26, 0.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 69% · Green 100% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #AFFEED

.text { color: #AFFEED; }
.background { background-color: #AFFEED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AFFEED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(175, 254, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(167, 98%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AFFEED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(175, 254, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AFFEED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(175, 254, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #AFFEED

#86FEE4#5DFDDB#35FDD2#0DFDC9#02DEAF#02B68F#018D6F#01654F#013D30#001410

Tints of #AFFEED

#B3FEEE#B8FEEF#C2FEF1#C7FEF3#CDFEF4#D2FFF5#D7FFF6#E1FFF8#E6FFF9#EBFFFA

Tones of #AFFEED

#B4F8EA#BAF3E6#BFEDE3#C5E7E0#CBE2DD#D0DCD9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEAEC0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #AFFEED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AFFEED

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 #AFFEED: ·

How #AFFEED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D2F1Deuteranopia · #CDC7F2Tritanopia · #B3F4F5

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 #AFFEED rather than the exact color:

Palette 00e0ff
#00E0FF · #74F9FF · #A6FFF2 · #E8FFE8
Palette 266352
#266352 · #128061 · #53C0A2 · #B5F7E6
Palette E8ffff
#E8FFFF · #A6F6F1 · #41AEA9 · #213E3B
Rustic Zephyr
#162742 · #14CCCE · #36E0EB · #B1F6F7
Palette 00f7ff
#00F7FF · #B0FFFA · #FF0087 · #FF7DB0
Golden Tempest
#183941 · #0D5798 · #3E67D9 · #B9F5F2

Similar colors

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

#A6FFF2#B5F7E6#A6F6F1#B1F6F7#B0FFFA#B9F5F2#B6FFFA#B0EFEE#B7F3E4#A0FFE6#ACF0F6#B6F4F9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AFFEEC  ·  #AFFEEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AFFEED?

#AFFEED is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 175, 254, 237). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AFFEED?

#AFFEED is RGB 175, 254, 237 — HSL 167°, 98%, 84% — CMYK 31%, 0%, 7%, 0%.

What colors go with #AFFEED?

Its complement is #FEAEC0; analogous partners are #AEFEC5 and #AEE8FE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AFFEED for text?

Black text on #AFFEED has a contrast ratio of 18.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.