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#AECECF

Powder Blue · light cool teal

About #AECECF

#AECECF is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 81% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.8); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFAFAE — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #AECECF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.53:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red174
Green206
Blue207

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #AECECF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AECECF.
1.68:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AECECF.
12.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#AECECF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9CBCF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3C6CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4D0CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AECECF?

#AECECF is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 81% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AECECF?

Use black text. Black on #AECECF has a contrast ratio of 12.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AECECF?

Its complementary colour is #CFAFAE, and analogous partners are #AECFC0 and #AEBECF.