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#aaefea ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaefea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 93.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.09% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 175.65°, with 68.32% saturation and 80.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 2.31.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.7622

Complementary

  1. #aaefea
  2. #efaaaf

Split complementary

  1. #aaefea
  2. #efaad2
  3. #efc8aa

Analogous

  1. #aaefc8
  2. #aaefea
  3. #aad2ef

Triadic

  1. #aaefea
  2. #eaaaef
  3. #efeaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaefea
  2. #aaafef
  3. #efaaaf
  4. #efeaaa

Square

  1. #aaefea
  2. #c8aaef
  3. #efaaaf
  4. #d2efaa

Monochromatic

  1. #29d7ca
  2. #6ae3da
  3. #aaefea
  4. #eafbfa
  5. #eefcfb

Shades

#aaefea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaefea
  2. #99d7d3
  3. #88bfbb
  4. #77a7a4
  5. #668f8c
  6. #557875
  7. #44605e
  8. #334846
  9. #22302f
  10. #111817
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaefea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaefea
  2. #b3f1ec
  3. #bbf2ee
  4. #c4f4f0
  5. #ccf5f2
  6. #d5f7f5
  7. #ddf9f7
  8. #e6faf9
  9. #eefcfb
  10. #f7fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaefea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaefea
  2. #a6e4df
  3. #a2d9d5
  4. #9dceca
  5. #99c3c0
  6. #95b8b5
  7. #91acaa
  8. #8da1a0
  9. #889695
  10. #848b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e2e2e2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cee7e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e7e8ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dadeeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93f3ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2ebea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9e5eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9df1ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaefea {
  color: #aaefea;
}
Background
.bg-aaefea {
  background-color: #aaefea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaefea {
  border: 2px solid #aaefea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaefea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 239 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 68% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaefea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaefea, #aad2ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaefea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 239 234 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 2.31 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 3.86 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.80 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.88 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 9.03 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.68 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.85 #551015 Inverted #e2e2e2 Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#aaefea  rgb(170, 239, 234)  hsl(176, 68%, 80%)  Pale Turquoise
#efaaaf  rgb(239, 170, 175)  hsl(356, 68%, 80%)  Pastel Pink
#eaaaef  rgb(234, 170, 239)  hsl(296, 68%, 80%)  Plum
#efeaaa  rgb(239, 234, 170)  hsl(56, 68%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod