#AFCECE
Powder Blue · light cool teal
About #AFCECE
#AFCECE is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 81% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.1); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEAFAF — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use light tones like #AFCECE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #AFCECE
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How #AFCECE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #AFCECE?
#AFCECE is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 81% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #AFCECE?
Use black text. Black on #AFCECE has a contrast ratio of 12.54:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #AFCECE?
Its complementary colour is #CEAFAF, and analogous partners are #AFCEBF and #AFBFCE.