Pale Turquoise color: #afeeee
The CSS keyword paleturquoise is #afeeee, rgb(175, 238, 238) or hsl(180, 65%, 81%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Pale Turquoise
Pale Turquoise is a muted very light cyan. Its hue sits at 196° in OKLCH and 180° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword paleturquoise comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Pale Turquoise tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding paleturquoise’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 200 (#bbe0e0), the one outlined; step 500 is #559293.
Harmonies built on Pale Turquoise
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps paleturquoise’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #ffd4d5, closest to the named color mistyrose.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Pale Turquoise on white and on black
Black text reads better on paleturquoise (16.28:1). As a text color it belongs on a dark background: on white it only reaches 1.28:1, under the 4.5:1 that body text needs, while on black it reaches 16.28:1. AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Pale Turquoise
Open paleturquoise in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --paleturquoise-50 … --paleturquoise-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
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