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#92DFD4

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #92DFD4

#92DFD4 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 57% red, 87% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 13.6); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DF929D — a old rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #92DFD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red146
Green223
Blue212

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.2
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.7

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

Text on #92DFD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #92DFD4.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #92DFD4.
13.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #92DFD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#92DFD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D7D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACDD5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#78E2DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #92DFD4?

#92DFD4 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 57% red, 87% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #92DFD4?

Use black text. Black on #92DFD4 has a contrast ratio of 13.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #92DFD4?

Its complementary colour is #DF929D, and analogous partners are #92DFAE and #92C3DF.