cyancoolCSS named color

Paleturquoise #AFEEEE

Paleturquoise is a light, moderately saturated cool-toned color with a cool cast. Defined as one of the 148 CSS named colors in the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 specification.

Use cases: Fresh accents · Aquatic themes

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Families: Cyans · Aqua Colors

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#AFEEEE
RGBrgb(175, 238, 238)
HSLhsl(180, 65%, 81%)
HSVhsv(180, 26%, 93%)
OKLCHoklch(90.69% 0.063 196.1)
OKLaboklab(90.69% -0.0607 -0.0175)
CMYKcmyk(26.5%, 0%, 0%, 6.7%)
XYZxyz(63.6814, 76.433, 92.27)
CIE-LABlab(90.1, -19.6, -6.4)
CIE-LCHlch(90.1, 20.7, 198.1°)
Luminance0.764 (WCAG relative)
/* Paleturquoise */ --paleturquoise: #afeeee; color: #afeeee; background-color: #afeeee;

Source: W3C CSS named color. CSS keyword: paleturquoise.

Collections: Pastel Colors · Pastel Blue Colors

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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OKLCH ramp (perceptually uniform, modern CSS)

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Shades (toward black)

#9cd3d3 #89b9b9 #77a0a0 #668787 #557070 #445959 #344343 #252e2e #161a1a #000000

Tints (toward white)

#b8f0f0 #c0f2f1 #c8f3f3 #d0f5f5 #d8f7f6 #e0f8f8 #e8fafa #f0fcfc #f7fdfd #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#b5eded #bbecec #c0ebeb #c5eae9 #cae8e8 #d0e7e7 #d4e6e6 #d9e5e5 #dee4e4 #e2e2e2

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#AFEEEE
#EEAFAF
#afeeee #eeafaf

Analogous

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#AFEECE
#AFEEEE
#AFCEEE
#afeece #afeeee #afceee

Triadic

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#AFEEEE
#EEAFEE
#EEEEAF
#afeeee #eeafee #eeeeaf

Tetradic

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#AFEEEE
#CEAFEE
#EEAFAF
#CEEEAF
#afeeee #ceafee #eeafaf #ceeeaf

Square

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#AFEEEE
#CEAFEE
#EEAFAF
#CEEEAF
#afeeee #ceafee #eeafaf #ceeeaf

Split Complementary

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#AFEEEE
#EEAFCE
#EECEAF
#afeeee #eeafce #eeceaf

Monochromatic

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#4AD9D9
#7DE3E3
#AFEEEE
#E1F9F9
#E6FAFA
#4ad9d9 #7de3e3 #afeeee #e1f9f9 #e6fafa

Accessibility & contrast

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#AFEEEE on #FFFFFF
AA text ✗AA large ✗AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✗
16.29
#AFEEEE on #000000
AA text ✓AA large ✓AAA text ✓UI 3:1 ✓

Best text on paleturquoise

16.29
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6E8EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DADFEF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#99F2EE

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Pale Cyan #B7FFFA4.09
Light Cyan #ACFFFC4.41
Eggshell Blue #C4FFF74.75
Powder Blue #B0E0E64.92
Pale Blue #D0FEFE5.23
Ice #D6FFFA6.31

Colors that go with paleturquoise

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility. See all 10 ranked combinations →

Dark Teal #014D4E
7.5:1
Same hue family as paleturquoise (Δh 1°) — guaranteed harmony
Twilight Blue #0A437A
7.8:1
Analogous hue (Δh ≈29°) — neighbors on the color wheel
Eggplant #380835
13.0:1
Triadic harmony (Δh ≈124°) — balanced three-way contrast
Espresso #4B382A
8.6:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈155°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Wine #722F37
7.5:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈173°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.