#ACFAFF
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #ACFAFF
#ACFAFF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 98% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 11.5); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFB1AC — a melon tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #ACFAFF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #ACFAFF
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #ACFAFF?
#ACFAFF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 98% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #ACFAFF?
Use black text. Black on #ACFAFF has a contrast ratio of 17.87:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #ACFAFF?
Its complementary colour is #FFB1AC, and analogous partners are #ACFFDB and #ACD0FF.