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#ACF9FF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #ACF9FF

#ACF9FF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 98% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 33% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 11.0), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FFB2AC (melon), 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 — 17.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green249
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 14.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 17.0

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

Text on #ACF9FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACF9FF.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACF9FF.
17.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACF9FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACF9FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEF2FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE7FF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8DFFFB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACF9FF?

#ACF9FF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 98% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 33% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACF9FF?

Use black text. Black on #ACF9FF has a contrast ratio of 17.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACF9FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFB2AC, and analogous partners are #ACFFDC and #ACCFFF.