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#84F6FF

Aqua · very light cool teal

About #84F6FF

With the hex code #84F6FF, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 52% red, 96% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 48% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Aqua and Powder Blue — a ΔE of 17.9 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FF8D84, a salmon shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.61:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red132
Green246
Blue255

Closest named colours

Aqua
#00FFFF · ΔE 17.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 17.9
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 19.8

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

Text on #84F6FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on aqua #84F6FF.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on aqua #84F6FF.
16.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #84F6FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#84F6FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7EDFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3DEFF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#38FEF8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #84F6FF?

With the hex code #84F6FF, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 52% red, 96% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 48% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #84F6FF?

Use black text. Black on #84F6FF has a contrast ratio of 16.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #84F6FF?

Its complementary colour is #FF8D84, and analogous partners are #84FFCA and #84B9FF.