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#ADDFDD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #ADDFDD

#ADDFDD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 87% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 4.4); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFADAF — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ADDFDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.38:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red173
Green223
Blue221

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 4.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #ADDFDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ADDFDD.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ADDFDD.
14.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ADDFDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DADD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD2DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9DE2DE

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Triadic

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Tetradic

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADDFDD?

#ADDFDD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 87% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ADDFDD?

Use black text. Black on #ADDFDD has a contrast ratio of 14.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADDFDD?

Its complementary colour is #DFADAF, and analogous partners are #ADDFC4 and #ADC8DF.