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#94CBFF

Baby Blue · light cool blue

About #94CBFF

With the hex code #94CBFF, this is a light blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 58% red, 80% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 42% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Blue — a ΔE of 11.9 — followed by Sky Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FFC894, a peach shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red148
Green203
Blue255

Closest named colours

Baby Blue
#89CFF0 · ΔE 11.9
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 14.1
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 16.7

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

Text on #94CBFF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #94CBFF.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #94CBFF.
12.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #94CBFF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#94CBFF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6CCFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A9C1FE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#6BD7DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #94CBFF?

With the hex code #94CBFF, this is a light blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 58% red, 80% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 42% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #94CBFF?

Use black text. Black on #94CBFF has a contrast ratio of 12.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #94CBFF?

Its complementary colour is #FFC894, and analogous partners are #94FFFD and #9496FF.