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#AEF1FF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #AEF1FF

#AEF1FF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 95% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 32% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.3), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FFBCAE (melon), 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 — 16.83:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red174
Green241
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.2
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #AEF1FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AEF1FF.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #AEF1FF.
16.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AEF1FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AEF1FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5ECFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8E2FF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#91F7F5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEF1FF?

#AEF1FF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 95% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 32% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AEF1FF?

Use black text. Black on #AEF1FF has a contrast ratio of 16.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEF1FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFBCAE, and analogous partners are #AEFFE4 and #AEC9FF.