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#84FFCB

Seafoam · very light cool green

About #84FFCB

#84FFCB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 52% red, 100% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 48% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Seafoam (ΔE 12.6); Turquoise comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FF84B8 — a hot pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #84FFCB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red132
Green255
Blue203

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 12.6
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 21.4
Emerald
#50C878 · ΔE 25.7

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

Text on #84FFCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #84FFCB.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #84FFCB.
17.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#84FFCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF0C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E3CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5CFFF0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #84FFCB?

#84FFCB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 52% red, 100% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 48% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

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

Use black text. Black on #84FFCB has a contrast ratio of 17.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #84FFCB?

Its complementary colour is #FF84B8, and analogous partners are #84FF8D and #84F6FF.