What is the hex code for Pale Turquoise?

Pale Turquoise is #afeeee. In CSS the keyword paleturquoise, the hex #afeeee, rgb(175, 238, 238) and hsl(180, 65%, 81%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Pale Turquoise on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #eeafaf, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Pale Turquoise for text?

Pale Turquoise as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.29:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 16.29:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Blues

Pale Turquoise color: hex #afeeee, RGB and HSL

Pale Turquoise is the CSS keyword paleturquoise, hex #afeeee, rgb(175, 238, 238), hsl(180, 65%, 81%). It is a light, vivid cyan in the blues family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: paleturquoise
Hex: #afeeee
RGB: rgb(175, 238, 238)
HSL: hsl(180, 65%, 81%)
On white: 1.29:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 16.29:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: paleturquoise;          /* keyword */
  color: #afeeee;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(175, 238, 238); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(180, 65%, 81%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with pale turquoise

Each match keeps pale turquoise's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside pale turquoise as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#eeafaf

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#eeafcf

#eecfaf

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#eeafee

#eeeeaf

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#afeecf

#afcfee

Tints and shades of pale turquoise

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as pale turquoise — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#bcf1f1

#caf4f4

#d7f7f7

#e4f9f9

#f2fcfc

Shades (darker)

#76e2e2

#3dd6d6

#24aaaa

#187272

#0c3939

A UI color palette built from pale turquoise

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from pale turquoise as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #afeeee
secondary: #eeafcf
accent: #eecfaf
background: #fcfdfd
surface: #f3f7f7
text: #112222
muted: #568f8f
border: #dfecec

Dark mode

primary: #afeeee
secondary: #eeafcf
accent: #eecfaf
background: #0e1b1b
surface: #152828
text: #f3f6f6
muted: #94b7b7
border: #274949

Open pale turquoise in the palette generator

Using pale turquoise in an interface

Blue is the default interface color for a reason: it sits comfortably behind content, it has a wide usable lightness range for hover and pressed states, and its complement (orange) leaves red and green free for status. Most of the good primaries in this set are here. Whichever role pale turquoise takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Pale Turquoise?: Pale Turquoise is #afeeee. In CSS the keyword paleturquoise, the hex #afeeee, rgb(175, 238, 238) and hsl(180, 65%, 81%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Pale Turquoise?: Its complement is #eeafaf, the split-complementary pair is #eeafcf and #eecfaf, the triadic partners are #eeafee and #eeeeaf, and the analogous neighbors are #afeecf and #afcfee. In an interface, use Pale Turquoise for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Pale Turquoise on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #eeafaf, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Pale Turquoise for text?: Pale Turquoise as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.29:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 16.29:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.