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#ABD4FF

Baby Blue · very light cool blue

About #ABD4FF

#ABD4FF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 83% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 17% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Blue (ΔE 10.9); Sky Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFD6AB — a peach tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ABD4FF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green212
Blue255

Closest named colours

Baby Blue
#89CFF0 · ΔE 10.9
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 12.7
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #ABD4FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #ABD4FF.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #ABD4FF.
13.59:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABD4FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABD4FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4D5FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BACCFE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#91DEE2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABD4FF?

#ABD4FF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 83% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 17% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ABD4FF?

Use black text. Black on #ABD4FF has a contrast ratio of 13.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABD4FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFD6AB, and analogous partners are #ABFEFF and #ACABFF.