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#ACCFDF

Light Blue · light cool teal

About #ACCFDF

#ACCFDF is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 23% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 3.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFBCAC — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACCFDF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green207
Blue223

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 3.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.7
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #ACCFDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #ACCFDF.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #ACCFDF.
12.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ACCFDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7CDE0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFC7DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9DD4D4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACCFDF?

#ACCFDF is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 23% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACCFDF?

Use black text. Black on #ACCFDF has a contrast ratio of 12.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACCFDF?

Its complementary colour is #DFBCAC, and analogous partners are #ACDFD6 and #ACB5DF.