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#ABCACA

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #ABCACA

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

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.2); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAABAB — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABCACA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.03:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green202
Blue202

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.3
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #ABCACA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ABCACA.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ABCACA.
12.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ABCACA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6C7CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFC2CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A2CCCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABCACA?

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

›What text colour should I use on #ABCACA?

Use black text. Black on #ABCACA has a contrast ratio of 12.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABCACA?

Its complementary colour is #CAABAB, and analogous partners are #ABCABA and #ABBACA.