#ADE4E4
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #ADE4E4
#ADE4E4 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 89% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 4.1); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4ADAD — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #ADE4E4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.99:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #ADE4E4
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #ADE4E4?
#ADE4E4 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 89% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #ADE4E4?
Use black text. Black on #ADE4E4 has a contrast ratio of 14.99:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #ADE4E4?
Its complementary colour is #E4ADAD, and analogous partners are #ADE4C9 and #ADC9E4.