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#80FFF4

Turquoise · very light cool teal

About #80FFF4

With the hex code #80FFF4, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 50% red, 100% green and 96% blue, while a printer would mix 50% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Turquoise — a ΔE of 13.2 — followed by Aqua. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FF808B, 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 17.53:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red128
Green255
Blue244

Closest named colours

Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 13.2
Aqua
#00FFFF · ΔE 13.3
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 19.8

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

Text on #80FFF4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on turquoise #80FFF4.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on turquoise #80FFF4.
17.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #80FFF4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#80FFF4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3F4F4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE4F5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#33FFFB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #80FFF4?

With the hex code #80FFF4, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 50% red, 100% green and 96% blue, while a printer would mix 50% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #80FFF4?

Use black text. Black on #80FFF4 has a contrast ratio of 17.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #80FFF4?

Its complementary colour is #FF808B, and analogous partners are #80FFB5 and #80CBFF.