#AFD4CE
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #AFD4CE
#AFD4CE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 83% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.0); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4AFB5 — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #AFD4CE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #AFD4CE
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #AFD4CE?
#AFD4CE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 83% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #AFD4CE?
Use black text. Black on #AFD4CE has a contrast ratio of 13.13:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #AFD4CE?
Its complementary colour is #D4AFB5, and analogous partners are #AFD4BB and #AFC8D4.