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#AAE4E8

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #AAE4E8

With the hex code #AAE4E8, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 89% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 27% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 3.4 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E8AEAA, a melon 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 14.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red170
Green228
Blue232

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 3.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #AAE4E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AAE4E8.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AAE4E8.
14.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AAE4E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AAE4E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDFE8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D6E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#95E8E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AAE4E8?

With the hex code #AAE4E8, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 89% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 27% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AAE4E8?

Use black text. Black on #AAE4E8 has a contrast ratio of 14.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AAE4E8?

Its complementary colour is #E8AEAA, and analogous partners are #AAE8CD and #AAC5E8.