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#A6D7FF

Baby Blue · very light cool blue

About #A6D7FF

With the hex code #A6D7FF, this is a very light blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 84% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 35% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Blue — a ΔE of 8.4 — followed by Sky Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FFCEA6, a peach shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red166
Green215
Blue255

Closest named colours

Baby Blue
#89CFF0 · ΔE 8.4
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 10.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #A6D7FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #A6D7FF.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #A6D7FF.
13.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A6D7FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A6D7FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7D7FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBCDFE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#88E1E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A6D7FF?

With the hex code #A6D7FF, this is a very light blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 84% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 35% cyan, 16% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A6D7FF?

Use black text. Black on #A6D7FF has a contrast ratio of 13.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A6D7FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFCEA6, and analogous partners are #A6FFFB and #A6AAFF.