ColorXprez

#AECECA

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #AECECA

With the hex code #AECECA, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 81% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 9.0 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CEAEB2, a dusty rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.48:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red174
Green206
Blue202

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #AECECA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AECECA.
1.68:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AECECA.
12.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#AECECA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CACACA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C6CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A5D0CD

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AECECA?

With the hex code #AECECA, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 68% red, 81% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #AECECA?

Use black text. Black on #AECECA has a contrast ratio of 12.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AECECA?

Its complementary colour is #CEAEB2, and analogous partners are #AECEBA and #AEC2CE.