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#ADFFFC

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #ADFFFC

#ADFFFC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 100% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 32% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 14.4); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFADB0 — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ADFFFC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red173
Green255
Blue252

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 15.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 18.9

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

Text on #ADFFFC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ADFFFC.
1.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #ADFFFC.
18.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ADFFFC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5F7FC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6ECFD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8FFFFE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADFFFC?

#ADFFFC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 100% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 32% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ADFFFC?

Use black text. Black on #ADFFFC has a contrast ratio of 18.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADFFFC?

Its complementary colour is #FFADB0, and analogous partners are #ADFFD3 and #ADD9FF.