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#AAE4E9

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #AAE4E9

#AAE4E9 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 89% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 27% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 3.2), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E9AFAA (melon), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red170
Green228
Blue233

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 3.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #AAE4E9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AAE4E9.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AAE4E9.
14.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AAE4E9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AAE4E9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBDFE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D6E9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#95E9E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AAE4E9?

#AAE4E9 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 89% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 27% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AAE4E9?

Use black text. Black on #AAE4E9 has a contrast ratio of 14.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AAE4E9?

Its complementary colour is #E9AFAA, and analogous partners are #AAE9CF and #AAC4E9.