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#8AAEA8

Dusty Blue · light cool teal

About #8AAEA8

With the hex code #8AAEA8, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 68% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 32% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Dusty Blue and Silver — a ΔE of 16.3 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AE8A90, a dusty rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 8.70:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red138
Green174
Blue168

Closest named colours

Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 16.3
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 16.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.5

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

Text on #8AAEA8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #8AAEA8.
2.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #8AAEA8.
8.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8AAEA8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8AAEA8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AAAAA8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A3A5A9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#80B0AC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8AAEA8?

With the hex code #8AAEA8, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 68% green and 66% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 32% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8AAEA8?

Use black text. Black on #8AAEA8 has a contrast ratio of 8.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8AAEA8?

Its complementary colour is #AE8A90, and analogous partners are #8AAE96 and #8AA2AE.