#ABE4E3
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #ABE4E3
#ABE4E3 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 89% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 4.9); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4ABAC — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #ABE4E3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #ABE4E3
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #ABE4E3?
#ABE4E3 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 89% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #ABE4E3?
Use black text. Black on #ABE4E3 has a contrast ratio of 14.94:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #ABE4E3?
Its complementary colour is #E4ABAC, and analogous partners are #ABE4C6 and #ABC9E4.