CSS named color

Pale Turquoise #AFEEEE

The CSS keyword paleturquoise is #AFEEEE. It is a pale muted cyan in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.907, chroma 0.063 and hue 196.1°.

Relative luminance: 0.7644
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.907 · 0.063 · 196.1
Best text: Black 16.28:1
Hue family: Cyan

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#AFEEEE color codes

HEX: #AFEEEE
RGB: rgb(175, 238, 238)
HSL: hsl(180, 65%, 81%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.907 0.063 196.1)
OKLab: oklab(0.907 -0.061 -0.018)
CIELAB (D65): L* 90.06, a* -19.64, b* -6.40
XYZ (D65): X 63.68, Y 76.43, Z 92.27
CMYK (naive): cmyk(26%, 0%, 0%, 7%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #AFEEEE accessible?

Black text on it reaches 16.28:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.28:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

16.28:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +89
White text on it

1.28:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −16
Text is here, unreadable at 1.28:1
As text on black

16.28:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −89
As text on white

1.28:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +14
Text is here, unreadable at 1.28:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#427F80 4.58:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.91 to 0.56 reaches 4.58:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#AFEEEE 16.28:1

It already reaches 16.28:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #AFEEEE live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #AFEEEE

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #AFEEEE sits at step 200.

50#D4FFFF

White
1.07
Black
19.54
100#C3F7F7

White
1.16
Black
17.96
200This color#AFEEEE

White
1.28
Black
16.28
300#90CACA

White
1.82
Black
11.48
400#72AEAE

White
2.50
Black
8.38
500#569293

White
3.54
Black
5.92
600#3E7A7B

White
4.91
Black
4.27
700#276363

White
6.88
Black
3.05
800#0C494A

White
10.15
Black
2.06
900#003031

White
14.31
Black
1.46
950#001B1B

White
17.90
Black
1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #AFEEEE can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.141; #AFEEEE uses 45% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.151 there: 7% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.063
sRGB edge: 0.141
Display P3 edge: 0.151
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.151
Dominant wavelength: 491 nm
Excitation purity: 14%
Chromaticity: x 0.2740, y 0.3289

This color#AFEEEE
Most vivid in sRGB#45FDFF
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.907 0.151 196.1)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #afeeee;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.4721 0.9842 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #AFEEEE

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#D7F7F7
OKLab50%#D8F7F7
OKLCH50%#D8F7F7

Black #000000

sRGB50%#587777
OKLab50%#415C5C
OKLCH50%#415C5C

Its complement #FFD4D5

sRGB50%#D7E1E2
OKLab50%#DBE2E2
OKLCH50%#E4E3B9

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #afeeee, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #afeeee 50%, white);

In use

#AFEEEE in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.28:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.28:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.28:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.28:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #427F80 4.58:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.28:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.52:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:114.52:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.52:1 Passes

Color vision

How #AFEEEE looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 19.3; tritanopia changes it least, 4.2.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#E6E8EE ΔE2000 18.2

Distinct

Reads as off-white
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#DADFEF ΔE2000 19.3

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#99F2EE ΔE2000 4.2

Close match

Reads as pale muted cyan
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#E3E3E3 ΔE2000 17.8

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #FFD4D5. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#AFEEEE · #FFD4D5	37.3	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#E6E8EE · #DBDAD5	6.5	Harder to tell apart
Deuteranopia	#DADFEF · #E5E1D4	13.8	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#99F2EE · #FFD0D5	49.1	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#E3E3E3 · #DEDEDE	1.1	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #AFEEEE

Its complement is #FFD4D5, a pale grayish red, on the warm side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#AFEEEE
Complement#FFD4D5

Complementary

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−30°#B9EED7
Base#AFEEEE
+30°#B7E9FF

Analogous

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Base#AFEEEE
+120°#F1D4FD
+240°#F9DBB2

Triadic

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Base#AFEEEE
+150°#FFD1E9
+210°#FFD6C4

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-paleturquoise: #afeeee;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        paleturquoise: '#afeeee',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-paleturquoise: oklch(0.907 0.063 196.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "paleturquoise": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6863, 0.9333, 0.9333],
        "hex": "#afeeee"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color paleturquoise"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let paleturquoise = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.686, green: 0.933, blue: 0.933, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Paleturquoise = Color(0xFFAFEEEE)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Pale Turquoise #AFEEEE

#AFEEEE color codes

Contrast: is #AFEEEE accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #AFEEEE live

Shades and tints of #AFEEEE

How vivid #AFEEEE can get

Mixing #AFEEEE

#AFEEEE in an interface

How #AFEEEE looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #AFEEEE

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #AFEEEE in the tools