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#aef8ea ≈ Celeste

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aef8ea is a color from the teal family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 97.25% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.84% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.65% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 168.65°, with 84.09% saturation and 82.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Celeste (#b2ffff), ΔE 5.46.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8207

Complementary

  1. #aef8ea
  2. #f8aebc

Split complementary

  1. #aef8ea
  2. #f8aee1
  3. #f8c5ae

Analogous

  1. #aef8c5
  2. #aef8ea
  3. #aee1f8

Triadic

  1. #aef8ea
  2. #eaaef8
  3. #f8eaae

Tetradic

  1. #aef8ea
  2. #aebcf8
  3. #f8aebc
  4. #f8eaae

Square

  1. #aef8ea
  2. #c5aef8
  3. #f8aebc
  4. #e1f8ae

Monochromatic

  1. #21ecc5
  2. #68f2d8
  3. #aef8ea
  4. #ecfdfa
  5. #ecfdfa

Shades

#aef8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aef8ea
  2. #9ddfd3
  3. #8bc6bb
  4. #7aaea4
  5. #68958c
  6. #577c75
  7. #46635e
  8. #344a46
  9. #23322f
  10. #111917
  11. #000000

Tints

#aef8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aef8ea
  2. #b6f9ec
  3. #bef9ee
  4. #c6faf0
  5. #cefbf2
  6. #d7fcf5
  7. #dffcf7
  8. #e7fdf9
  9. #effefb
  10. #f7fefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aef8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aef8ea
  2. #a9ecdf
  3. #a5e0d5
  4. #a0d4ca
  5. #9cc8c0
  6. #97bcb5
  7. #92b0aa
  8. #8ea4a0
  9. #899895
  10. #858c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eaeaea ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d4f0ea ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2f0e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e4e6eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98fbf4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #daf3ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1edeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1faf0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aef8ea {
  color: #aef8ea;
}
Background
.bg-aef8ea {
  background-color: #aef8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aef8ea {
  border: 2px solid #aef8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aef8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 248 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 84% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aef8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aef8ea, #aee1f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aef8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 248 234 / 0.35);
}

#b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.46 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.84 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 6.09 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 8.70 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 8.79 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 9.50 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 10.24 #510715 Inverted #eaeaea Grayscale 

Celeste
#aef8ea  rgb(174, 248, 234)  hsl(169, 84%, 83%)  Celeste
#f8aebc  rgb(248, 174, 188)  hsl(349, 84%, 83%)  Light Pink
#eaaef8  rgb(234, 174, 248)  hsl(289, 84%, 83%)  Mauve
#f8eaae  rgb(248, 234, 174)  hsl(49, 84%, 83%)  Vanilla