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#AEE4E3

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #AEE4E3

#AEE4E3 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 89% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 4.4); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4AEAF — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #AEE4E3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red174
Green228
Blue227

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 4.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #AEE4E3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AEE4E3.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AEE4E3.
15.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AEE4E3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AEE4E3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDDFE3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D7E4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9CE7E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEE4E3?

#AEE4E3 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 68% red, 89% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AEE4E3?

Use black text. Black on #AEE4E3 has a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEE4E3?

Its complementary colour is #E4AEAF, and analogous partners are #AEE4C8 and #AECAE4.