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#93BEBB

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #93BEBB

#93BEBB is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 58% red, 75% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 13.1); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BE9396 — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #93BEBB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red147
Green190
Blue187

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 13.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 15.6

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

Text on #93BEBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #93BEBB.
2.03:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #93BEBB.
10.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #93BEBB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#93BEBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B9B9BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B1B3BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#86C0BD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #93BEBB?

#93BEBB is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 58% red, 75% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #93BEBB?

Use black text. Black on #93BEBB has a contrast ratio of 10.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #93BEBB?

Its complementary colour is #BE9396, and analogous partners are #93BEA5 and #93ABBE.