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#ACD3FF

Baby Blue · very light cool blue

About #ACD3FF

#ACD3FF 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 11.7); Periwinkle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFD8AC — a wheat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ACD3FF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.52:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green211
Blue255

Closest named colours

Baby Blue
#89CFF0 · ΔE 11.7
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.0
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #ACD3FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #ACD3FF.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #ACD3FF.
13.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACD3FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACD3FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3D4FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9CCFE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#92DDE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACD3FF?

#ACD3FF 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 #ACD3FF?

Use black text. Black on #ACD3FF has a contrast ratio of 13.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACD3FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFD8AC, and analogous partners are #ACFCFF and #AFACFF.