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#7FFFED

Turquoise · very light cool teal

About #7FFFED

#7FFFED is a very light, moderately saturated teal colour. Digitally that works out to 50% red, 100% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 50% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Turquoise (ΔE 12.3), with Aqua the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FF7F91 (watermelon), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red127
Green255
Blue237

Closest named colours

Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 12.3
Aqua
#00FFFF · ΔE 14.5
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #7FFFED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on turquoise #7FFFED.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on turquoise #7FFFED.
17.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #7FFFED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#7FFFED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5F3EC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E4EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#37FFF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #7FFFED?

#7FFFED is a very light, moderately saturated teal colour. Digitally that works out to 50% red, 100% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 50% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #7FFFED?

Use black text. Black on #7FFFED has a contrast ratio of 17.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #7FFFED?

Its complementary colour is #FF7F91, and analogous partners are #7FFFAD and #7FD1FF.