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#ACDFD9

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #ACDFD9

With the hex code #ACDFD9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 87% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 6.6 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DFACB2, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green223
Blue217

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #ACDFD9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACDFD9.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACDFD9.
14.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACDFD9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACDFD9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D9D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D2DA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9DE2DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACDFD9?

With the hex code #ACDFD9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 87% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ACDFD9?

Use black text. Black on #ACDFD9 has a contrast ratio of 14.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACDFD9?

Its complementary colour is #DFACB2, and analogous partners are #ACDFC0 and #ACCBDF.