#aaeaea

Color #aaeaea

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 1.5 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aaeaea

RGB

rgb(170, 234, 234)

HSL

hsl(180, 60.4%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 27.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.4%, 0%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(88.6, -19.95, -6.49)

LCH

lch(88.6, 20.98, 198.02)

OKLCH

oklch(89.4%, 0.0642, 196.09)

HWB

hwb(180, 66.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaaaaa

Analogous

#aaeaca

#aaeaea

#aacaea

Triadic

#aaeaea

#eaaaea

#eaeaaa

Split-complementary

#aaeaea

#eaaaca

#eacaaa

Tetradic

#aaeaea

#aaaaea

#eaaaaa

#eaeaaa

Square

#aaeaea

#caaaea

#eaaaaa

#caeaaa

Shades

Color #aaeaea mixed toward black.

#74dddd

#3ecfcf

#28a2a2

#1b6c6c

#0d3636

Tints

Color #aaeaea mixed toward white.

#b8eded

#c6f1f1

#d4f4f4

#e3f8f8

#f1fbfb

Tones

Color #aaeaea mixed toward gray.

#afe5e5

#b5dfdf

#badada

#bfd5d5

#c5cfcf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9caea · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#c5c0ea · ΔE 26.9

Tritanopia

#aeeaea · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aaeaea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aaeaea]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#aaeaea (#aaeaea) is rgb(170, 234, 234) in RGB.

No, #aaeaea is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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