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#A2CCCE

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #A2CCCE

#A2CCCE is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 64% red, 80% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.4); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEA4A2 — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #A2CCCE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red162
Green204
Blue206

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 14.5

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

Text on #A2CCCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #A2CCCE.
1.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #A2CCCE.
12.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A2CCCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A2CCCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6C8CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDC2CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#94CFCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A2CCCE?

#A2CCCE is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 64% red, 80% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #A2CCCE?

Use black text. Black on #A2CCCE has a contrast ratio of 12.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A2CCCE?

Its complementary colour is #CEA4A2, and analogous partners are #A2CEBA and #A2B6CE.