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#ABC5D2

Light Blue · light cool teal

About #ABC5D2

#ABC5D2 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 7.9); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2B8AB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABC5D2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.65:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green197
Blue210

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #ABC5D2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #ABC5D2.
1.80:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #ABC5D2.
11.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABC5D2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABC5D2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEC4D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9BFD2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A0C9C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABC5D2?

#ABC5D2 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 77% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABC5D2?

Use black text. Black on #ABC5D2 has a contrast ratio of 11.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABC5D2?

Its complementary colour is #D2B8AB, and analogous partners are #ABD2CC and #ABB2D2.