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#AED6E4

Light Blue · very light cool teal

About #AED6E4

#AED6E4 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 84% green and 89% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 24% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is virtually identical to Light Blue (ΔE 1.1), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E4BCAE (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red174
Green214
Blue228

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 1.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.9
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #AED6E4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #AED6E4.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #AED6E4.
13.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AED6E4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AED6E4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CDD3E5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5CDE4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9EDBDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AED6E4?

#AED6E4 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 84% green and 89% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 24% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AED6E4?

Use black text. Black on #AED6E4 has a contrast ratio of 13.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AED6E4?

Its complementary colour is #E4BCAE, and analogous partners are #AEE4D7 and #AEBBE4.