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#8EAEAD

Dusty Blue · light cool teal

About #8EAEAD

With the hex code #8EAEAD, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 68% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 32% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dusty Blue — a ΔE of 13.3 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AE8E8F, a dusty rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.81:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red142
Green174
Blue173

Closest named colours

Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 13.3
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 14.6
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #8EAEAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #8EAEAD.
2.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty blue #8EAEAD.
8.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#8EAEAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AAABAD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A3A6AD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#84B0AE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8EAEAD?

With the hex code #8EAEAD, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 68% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 32% black. It reads as a cool colour.

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

Use black text. Black on #8EAEAD has a contrast ratio of 8.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8EAEAD?

Its complementary colour is #AE8E8F, and analogous partners are #8EAE9D and #8E9FAE.