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#9EFFFC

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #9EFFFC

#9EFFFC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 62% red, 100% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Powder Blue and Pale Mint (ΔE 17.2); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FF9EA1 — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #9EFFFC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.16:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red158
Green255
Blue252

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 17.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 18.1
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 20.0

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

Text on #9EFFFC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #9EFFFC.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #9EFFFC.
18.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#9EFFFC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4F6FC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E9FD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#75FFFE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #9EFFFC?

#9EFFFC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 62% red, 100% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

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

Use black text. Black on #9EFFFC has a contrast ratio of 18.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #9EFFFC?

Its complementary colour is #FF9EA1, and analogous partners are #9EFFCC and #9ED1FF.