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#7FFFF2

Turquoise · very light cool teal

About #7FFFF2

With the hex code #7FFFF2, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 50% red, 100% green and 95% blue, while a printer would mix 50% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Turquoise — a ΔE of 12.7 — followed by Aqua. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FF7F8C, a watermelon shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red127
Green255
Blue242

Closest named colours

Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 12.7
Aqua
#00FFFF · ΔE 13.4
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 19.0

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

Text on #7FFFF2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on turquoise #7FFFF2.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on turquoise #7FFFF2.
17.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #7FFFF2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#7FFFF2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4F3F2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE4F4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#31FFFB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #7FFFF2?

With the hex code #7FFFF2, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 50% red, 100% green and 95% blue, while a printer would mix 50% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #7FFFF2?

Use black text. Black on #7FFFF2 has a contrast ratio of 17.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #7FFFF2?

Its complementary colour is #FF7F8C, and analogous partners are #7FFFB2 and #7FCCFF.