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#ABCAC7

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #ABCAC7

#ABCAC7 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 79% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.8); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAABAE — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABCAC7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green202
Blue199

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.6
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #ABCAC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ABCAC7.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ABCAC7.
12.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABCAC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABCAC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6C6C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0C2C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A3CCC9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABCAC7?

#ABCAC7 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 79% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABCAC7?

Use black text. Black on #ABCAC7 has a contrast ratio of 12.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABCAC7?

Its complementary colour is #CAABAE, and analogous partners are #ABCAB7 and #ABBDCA.