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#90DFAF

Seafoam · very light cool green

About #90DFAF

#90DFAF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 87% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Seafoam (ΔE 4.7); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DF90C0 — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #90DFAF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.36:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red144
Green223
Blue175

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 4.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 21.8
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 22.3

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

Text on #90DFAF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #90DFAF.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #90DFAF.
13.36:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #90DFAF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#90DFAF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED3AC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1CBB2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#80DED2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #90DFAF?

#90DFAF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 87% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #90DFAF?

Use black text. Black on #90DFAF has a contrast ratio of 13.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #90DFAF?

Its complementary colour is #DF90C0, and analogous partners are #98DF90 and #90DFD7.