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#ADFFD3

Seafoam · very light cool green

About #ADFFD3

With the hex code #ADFFD3, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 100% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 32% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Seafoam — a ΔE of 7.9 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FFADD9, a light pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red173
Green255
Blue211

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 7.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 18.4
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 23.7

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

Text on #ADFFD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #ADFFD3.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #ADFFD3.
18.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ADFFD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ADFFD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FDF3D1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFEAD6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9CFEF2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADFFD3?

With the hex code #ADFFD3, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 100% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 32% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #ADFFD3?

Use black text. Black on #ADFFD3 has a contrast ratio of 18.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADFFD3?

Its complementary colour is #FFADD9, and analogous partners are #B0FFAD and #ADFFFC.