CSS named color
PaleTurquoise #AFEEEE
PaleTurquoise (CSS keyword paleturquoise) has the hex code #AFEEEE and the RGB value rgb(175, 238, 238): a pale, muted cyan.
A pale, soft turquoise (#afeeee). Useful as a gentle cyan background; too light for text.
Color codes for PaleTurquoise
| CSS keyword | paleturquoise |
|---|---|
| HEX | #AFEEEE |
| RGB | rgb(175, 238, 238) |
| HSL | hsl(180, 65%, 81%) |
| HWB | hwb(180 69% 7%) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.7% 0.063 196.1) |
| CMYK (naive, no ICC profile) | cmyk(26%, 0%, 0%, 7%) |
| Decimal | 11,529,966 |
| Hue family | Cyans and teals |
Contrast and accessibility
On paleturquoise, black text has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 and passes AAA at any text size; white text reaches 1.28:1.
WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios (success criteria 1.4.3 and 1.4.6: AA needs 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1 and 4.5:1). APCA Lc is the lightness contrast from the APCA-W3 0.0.98G model proposed for WCAG 3; a higher absolute value is more readable, and Lc 75 is its suggested minimum for body text.
| Pair | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | AAA large | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black text on paleturquoise | 16.28:1 | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | 89.3 |
| White text on paleturquoise | 1.28:1 | Fail | Fail | Fail | Fail | −16.5 |
| Paleturquoise text on white | 1.28:1 | Fail | Fail | Fail | Fail | 14.3 |
| Paleturquoise text on black | 16.28:1 | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | −89.5 |
Tints and shades
Each step mixes paleturquoise with white (tints) or black (shades) in gamma-encoded sRGB, the same result as color-mix(in srgb, paleturquoise, white 25%) in CSS.
Tints (mixed with white)
- 5%
#b3efef - 15%
#bbf1f1 - 25%
#c3f2f2 - 35%
#cbf4f4 - 45%
#d3f6f6 - 55%
#dbf7f7 - 65%
#e3f9f9 - 75%
#ebfbfb - 85%
#f3fcfc - 95%
#fbfefe
Shades (mixed with black)
- 5%
#a6e2e2 - 15%
#95caca - 25%
#83b3b3 - 35%
#729b9b - 45%
#608383 - 55%
#4f6b6b - 65%
#3d5353 - 75%
#2c3c3c - 85%
#1a2424 - 95%
#090c0c
Color harmonies
Rotating the hue in OKLCH while keeping lightness and chroma, paleturquoise's complementary color is #FFD0D2 (close to pink), its analogous colors are #B9EED7 and #B4EAFF, and its triadic partners are #F1D4FD and #F9DBB2. For text on top, black gives the higher contrast.
| Harmony | Rotation | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Complementary | +180° | #ffd0d2 |
| Analogous | −30°, +30° | #b9eed7#b4eaff |
| Triadic | +120°, +240° | #f1d4fd#f9dbb2 |
| Split-complementary | +150°, +210° | #ffd0e9#ffd4be |
Computed in OKLCH: the hue is rotated by 180° (complementary), ±30° (analogous), ±120° (triadic) and 180° ±30° (split-complementary) while lightness and chroma stay fixed. Results that fall outside sRGB are brought back with the CSS Color 4 gamut mapping algorithm. Because this uses OKLCH, the values differ from tools that rotate hue in HSL, but every color keeps the same perceived lightness.
Warm or cool?
PaleTurquoise is a cool color: its hue is 180° on the HSL wheel, in the green, blue and violet range that is conventionally called cool.
Nearest named and Tailwind colors
Distance is ΔE OK, the Euclidean distance in OKLab multiplied by 100. Values under about 2 are hard to tell apart side by side.
Code snippets
.element {
color: paleturquoise;
background-color: #afeeee;
border-color: rgb(175 238 238);
outline-color: oklch(90.7% 0.063 196.1);
}<div class="bg-[#afeeee] text-black">...</div>
/* or register it once in your CSS (Tailwind v4) */
@theme {
--color-paleturquoise: #afeeee;
}
/* then use bg-paleturquoise, text-paleturquoise, border-paleturquoise */import SwiftUI
extension Color {
static let paleturquoise = Color(red: 0.686, green: 0.933, blue: 0.933)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
val Paleturquoise = Color(0xFFAFEEEE)import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
const paleturquoise = Color(0xFFAFEEEE);<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="paleturquoise">#AFEEEE</color>Frequently asked questions
- What is the hex code for paleturquoise?
- The hex code for paleturquoise is #AFEEEE. The same color is rgb(175, 238, 238), hsl(180, 65%, 81%) and oklch(90.7% 0.063 196.1), and in CSS you can also write the keyword paleturquoise directly.
- Is paleturquoise a warm or cool color?
- PaleTurquoise is a cool color: its hue is 180° on the HSL wheel, in the green, blue and violet range that is conventionally called cool.
- What colors go with paleturquoise?
- Rotating the hue in OKLCH while keeping lightness and chroma, paleturquoise's complementary color is #FFD0D2 (close to pink), its analogous colors are #B9EED7 and #B4EAFF, and its triadic partners are #F1D4FD and #F9DBB2. For text on top, black gives the higher contrast.
- Can you use white text on paleturquoise?
- White text on paleturquoise has a contrast ratio of 1.28:1, which fails AA even for large text under WCAG 2.2. Black text reaches 16.28:1 and passes both AA and AAA. In APCA terms that is Lc −16.5 for white and Lc 89.3 for black.
- What is the RGB value of paleturquoise?
- PaleTurquoise is rgb(175, 238, 238): red 175, green 238 and blue 238 on the 0 to 255 scale, or 68.6%, 93.3% and 93.3%. As a decimal integer it is 11529966.
Last reviewed by Arielton Oberek.