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#ACFBFF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #ACFBFF

With the hex code #ACFBFF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 98% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 33% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 11.9 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FFB0AC, a melon 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 — 18.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green251
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 15.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 16.6

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

Text on #ACFBFF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACFBFF.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ACFBFF.
18.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ACFBFF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0F4FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E9FF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8DFFFC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACFBFF?

With the hex code #ACFBFF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 98% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 33% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ACFBFF?

Use black text. Black on #ACFBFF has a contrast ratio of 18.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACFBFF?

Its complementary colour is #FFB0AC, and analogous partners are #ACFFD9 and #ACD2FF.