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#8ABEBE

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #8ABEBE

#8ABEBE is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 54% red, 75% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 13.2); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BE8A8A — a old rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #8ABEBE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.19:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red138
Green190
Blue190

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 13.3
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 16.9

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

Text on #8ABEBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #8ABEBE.
2.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #8ABEBE.
10.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#8ABEBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B7B9BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ADB1BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#78C1BE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8ABEBE?

#8ABEBE is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 54% red, 75% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

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

Use black text. Black on #8ABEBE has a contrast ratio of 10.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8ABEBE?

Its complementary colour is #BE8A8A, and analogous partners are #8ABEA4 and #8AA4BE.