#AFE4E1
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #AFE4E1
#AFE4E1 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 69% red, 89% green and 88% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 5.3), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E4AFB2 (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 — 15.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #AFE4E1
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #AFE4E1?
#AFE4E1 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 69% red, 89% green and 88% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #AFE4E1?
Use black text. Black on #AFE4E1 has a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #AFE4E1?
Its complementary colour is #E4AFB2, and analogous partners are #AFE4C7 and #AFCDE4.