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#ABCDC7

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #ABCDC7

#ABCDC7 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 80% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.7); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDABB1 — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABCDC7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green205
Blue199

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #ABCDC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ABCDC7.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ABCDC7.
12.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABCDC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABCDC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CAC9C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3C4C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A2CFCB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABCDC7?

#ABCDC7 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 80% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABCDC7?

Use black text. Black on #ABCDC7 has a contrast ratio of 12.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABCDC7?

Its complementary colour is #CDABB1, and analogous partners are #ABCDB6 and #ABC2CD.