#A4FFFF
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #A4FFFF
#A4FFFF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 64% red, 100% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 36% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Powder Blue and Pale Mint (ΔE 15.5); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFA4A4 — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #A4FFFF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #A4FFFF?
#A4FFFF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 64% red, 100% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 36% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #A4FFFF?
Use black text. Black on #A4FFFF has a contrast ratio of 18.33:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #A4FFFF?
Its complementary colour is #FFA4A4, and analogous partners are #A4FFD2 and #A4D2FF.