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#90DFD7

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #90DFD7

With the hex code #90DFD7, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 87% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 12.8 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DF9098, a old rose shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red144
Green223
Blue215

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 15.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 16.9

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

Text on #90DFD7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #90DFD7.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #90DFD7.
13.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #90DFD7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#90DFD7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D7D7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9CCD8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#73E3DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #90DFD7?

With the hex code #90DFD7, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 56% red, 87% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #90DFD7?

Use black text. Black on #90DFD7 has a contrast ratio of 13.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #90DFD7?

Its complementary colour is #DF9098, and analogous partners are #90DFB0 and #90BFDF.