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#90DFD6

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #90DFD6

#90DFD6 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 87% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 13.2); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DF9099 — a old rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #90DFD6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red144
Green223
Blue214

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 17.4

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

Text on #90DFD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #90DFD6.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #90DFD6.
13.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #90DFD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#90DFD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D7D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9CCD7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#74E2DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #90DFD6?

#90DFD6 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 87% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #90DFD6?

Use black text. Black on #90DFD6 has a contrast ratio of 13.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #90DFD6?

Its complementary colour is #DF9099, and analogous partners are #90DFAF and #90C0DF.