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#ACFFD9

Seafoam · very light cool green

About #ACFFD9

#ACFFD9 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 100% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Seafoam (ΔE 8.6); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFACD2 — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ACFFD9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red172
Green255
Blue217

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 8.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 16.6
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 22.1

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

Text on #ACFFD9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #ACFFD9.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #ACFFD9.
18.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACFFD9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACFFD9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FCF4D7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEEADB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#99FFF4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACFFD9?

#ACFFD9 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 100% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACFFD9?

Use black text. Black on #ACFFD9 has a contrast ratio of 18.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACFFD9?

Its complementary colour is #FFACD2, and analogous partners are #ACFFB0 and #ACFCFF.