Pale turquoise

#aef2e6

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for pale turquoise, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Pale turquoise, a strong teal at 169 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Pale turquoise color values

Every conversion for #aef2e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aef2e6

RGB174, 242, 230

HSL169, 72%, 82%

HSV169, 28%, 95%

CMYK28%, 0%, 5%, 5%

Lab90.88, -23.6, -1.04

XYZ63.49, 78.22, 86.61

Decimal11465446

Web safe#99ffff

Pantone331 C

Shades of pale turquoise

#8deddc #6ce7d2 #4ae2c7 #29ddbd #1fc0a4 #1a9f88 #147e6b #0f5d4f #0a3c33 #041a16

Tints of pale turquoise

#b5f3e8 #bbf4ea #c2f5ec #c8f6ee #cff7f0 #d5f8f2 #dcf9f4 #e2faf6 #e9fbf8 #f0fdfa

Colors that go with pale turquoise

Complementary#f2aeba Analogous#aef2c4 Analogous#aedcf2 Triadic#e6aef2 Triadic#f2e6ae Split complementary#f2aedc Split complementary#f2c4ae

Pale turquoise in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 28, 0, 5, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aef2e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 0 5 5

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 4 9 11

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Pale turquoise in css

Copy #aef2e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aef2e6; }
.text { color: #aef2e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aef2e6; }

How pale turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pale turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aef2e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aef2e6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aef2e6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around pale turquoise? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn pale turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aef2e6 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from pale turquoise, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #aef2e6 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.