ColorXprez

#AEC4CE

Light Blue · light cool teal

About #AEC4CE

With the hex code #AEC4CE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 77% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Blue — a ΔE of 9.0 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CEB8AE, a greige shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.59:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red174
Green196
Blue206

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #AEC4CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #AEC4CE.
1.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #AEC4CE.
11.59:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AEC4CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AEC4CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFC3CF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BABFCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A5C7C7

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEC4CE?

With the hex code #AEC4CE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 77% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AEC4CE?

Use black text. Black on #AEC4CE has a contrast ratio of 11.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEC4CE?

Its complementary colour is #CEB8AE, and analogous partners are #AECEC8 and #AEB4CE.