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#9ABEBE

Light Blue · light cool teal

About #9ABEBE

With the hex code #9ABEBE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 60% red, 75% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Blue — a ΔE of 12.0 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BE9A9A, a dusty rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.48:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red154
Green190
Blue190

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 12.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #9ABEBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #9ABEBE.
2.00:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #9ABEBE.
10.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #9ABEBE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#9ABEBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B9BABE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B2B5BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8FC0BE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #9ABEBE?

With the hex code #9ABEBE, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 60% red, 75% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #9ABEBE?

Use black text. Black on #9ABEBE has a contrast ratio of 10.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #9ABEBE?

Its complementary colour is #BE9A9A, and analogous partners are #9ABEAC and #9AACBE.