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#9EFFFA

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #9EFFFA

With the hex code #9EFFFA, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 62% red, 100% green and 98% blue, while a printer would mix 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Powder Blue and Pale Mint — a ΔE of 17.6 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FF9EA3, a light pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red158
Green255
Blue250

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 17.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 17.8
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 19.5

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

Text on #9EFFFA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #9EFFFA.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #9EFFFA.
18.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#9EFFFA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4F6FA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E9FB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#76FFFD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #9EFFFA?

With the hex code #9EFFFA, this is a very light teal with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 62% red, 100% green and 98% blue, while a printer would mix 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

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

Use black text. Black on #9EFFFA has a contrast ratio of 18.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #9EFFFA?

Its complementary colour is #FF9EA3, and analogous partners are #9EFFC9 and #9ED4FF.