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#ADDFE4

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #ADDFE4

With the hex code #ADDFE4, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 87% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 24% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 1.0 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E4B2AD, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.45:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red173
Green223
Blue228

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 1.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 5.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.3

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

Text on #ADDFE4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ADDFE4.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ADDFE4.
14.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ADDFE4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ADDFE4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DBE4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CDD3E4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9BE3E0

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Triadic

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADDFE4?

With the hex code #ADDFE4, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 87% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 24% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ADDFE4?

Use black text. Black on #ADDFE4 has a contrast ratio of 14.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADDFE4?

Its complementary colour is #E4B2AD, and analogous partners are #ADE4CE and #ADC3E4.