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#84F7FF

Aqua · very light cool teal

About #84F7FF

#84F7FF is a very light, moderately saturated teal colour. Digitally that works out to 52% red, 97% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 48% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Aqua and Powder Blue (ΔE 17.4), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FF8C84 (salmon), 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 — 16.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red132
Green247
Blue255

Closest named colours

Aqua
#00FFFF · ΔE 17.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 18.3
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 19.4

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

Text on #84F7FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on aqua #84F7FF.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on aqua #84F7FF.
16.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #84F7FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#84F7FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8EEFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4DFFF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#38FEF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #84F7FF?

#84F7FF is a very light, moderately saturated teal colour. Digitally that works out to 52% red, 97% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 48% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #84F7FF?

Use black text. Black on #84F7FF has a contrast ratio of 16.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #84F7FF?

Its complementary colour is #FF8C84, and analogous partners are #84FFC9 and #84BAFF.