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#AEE4DF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #AEE4DF

#AEE4DF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 89% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.4), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E4AEB3 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.96:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red174
Green228
Blue223

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #AEE4DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AEE4DF.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AEE4DF.
14.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AEE4DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AEE4DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEDEDF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D6E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9EE7E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEE4DF?

#AEE4DF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 89% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AEE4DF?

Use black text. Black on #AEE4DF has a contrast ratio of 14.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEE4DF?

Its complementary colour is #E4AEB3, and analogous partners are #AEE4C4 and #AECEE4.