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#ACE4DC

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #ACE4DC

#ACE4DC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 89% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.1); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4ACB4 — a pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ACE4DC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.88:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green228
Blue220

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #ACE4DC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACE4DC.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACE4DC.
14.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACE4DC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACE4DC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEDEDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D6DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9CE7E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACE4DC?

#ACE4DC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 89% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACE4DC?

Use black text. Black on #ACE4DC has a contrast ratio of 14.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACE4DC?

Its complementary colour is #E4ACB4, and analogous partners are #ACE4C0 and #ACD0E4.