#ADDEFF
Baby Blue · very light cool blue
About #ADDEFF
#ADDEFF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 87% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 32% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Blue (ΔE 8.6); Sky Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFCEAD — a apricot tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #ADDEFF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #ADDEFF
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #ADDEFF?
#ADDEFF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 87% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 32% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #ADDEFF?
Use black text. Black on #ADDEFF has a contrast ratio of 14.67:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #ADDEFF?
Its complementary colour is #FFCEAD, and analogous partners are #ADFFF7 and #ADB5FF.