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#AEEAE1

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #AEEAE1

With the hex code #AEEAE1, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 92% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.8 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EAAEB7, a light pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red174
Green234
Blue225

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #AEEAE1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #AEEAE1.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #AEEAE1.
15.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AEEAE1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AEEAE1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E3E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9DBE2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9CEDE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEEAE1?

With the hex code #AEEAE1, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 92% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AEEAE1?

Use black text. Black on #AEEAE1 has a contrast ratio of 15.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEEAE1?

Its complementary colour is #EAAEB7, and analogous partners are #AEEAC3 and #AED5EA.