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#ACCFCD

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #ACCFCD

#ACCFCD is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 81% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.8); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFACAE — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACCFCD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green207
Blue205

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.2
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #ACCFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACCFCD.
1.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACCFCD.
12.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ACCFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBCBCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C6CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A2D1CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACCFCD?

#ACCFCD is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 81% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACCFCD?

Use black text. Black on #ACCFCD has a contrast ratio of 12.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACCFCD?

Its complementary colour is #CFACAE, and analogous partners are #ACCFBC and #ACC0CF.