ColorXprez

#ABCAC4

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #ABCAC4

#ABCAC4 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 79% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 10.7); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAABB1 — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABCAC4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.98:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red171
Green202
Blue196

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #ABCAC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ABCAC4.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ABCAC4.
11.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABCAC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABCAC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7C6C4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1C2C5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A3CBC8

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABCAC4?

#ABCAC4 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 79% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABCAC4?

Use black text. Black on #ABCAC4 has a contrast ratio of 11.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABCAC4?

Its complementary colour is #CAABB1, and analogous partners are #ABCAB4 and #ABC0CA.