HEX Color #AFF8E9 (Paleturquoise)

About #AFF8E9

At its core, #AFF8E9 is a very light and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Paleturquoise. In the RGB color space, it consists of 175 red, 248 green, and 233 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 29% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AFF8E9

RGB175, 248, 233

HSL167.7°, 83.9%, 82.9%

CMYK29%, 0%, 6%, 3%

HSV167.7°, 29.4%, 97.3%

LAB92.6, -25.6, -0.0

XYZ66.0, 82.1, 89.5

Decimal11532521

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#AFF8E9 #F8AEBD

Analogous

#AEF8C4 #AEE2F8

Triadic

#E8AEF8 #F8E9AE

Tetradic

#C4AEF8 #F8AEBD #E2F8AE

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#AFF8E9

#B7F8EB

#C0F9ED

#C9FAF0

#D2FBF2

#DBFBF5

#E4FCF7

#EDFDFA

#F6FEFC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#AFF8E9

#9BDCCF

#88C0B5

#74A59B

#618981

#4D6E67

#3A524D

#263733

#131B19

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.21:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

17.43:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.15:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

14.81:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AFF8E9; }

.text-color { color: #AFF8E9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #AFF8E9; }

Similar Colors

Paleturquoise

#AFEEEE