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#ACDFD7

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #ACDFD7

#ACDFD7 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 87% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.7), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DFACB4 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green223
Blue215

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #ACDFD7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACDFD7.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACDFD7.
14.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACDFD7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACDFD7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD9D7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D2D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9EE1DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACDFD7?

#ACDFD7 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 87% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACDFD7?

Use black text. Black on #ACDFD7 has a contrast ratio of 14.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACDFD7?

Its complementary colour is #DFACB4, and analogous partners are #ACDFBE and #ACCDDF.