#AFEAE5
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #AFEAE5
#AFEAE5 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 92% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.5); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAAFB4 — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #AFEAE5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #AFEAE5
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #AFEAE5?
#AFEAE5 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 92% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #AFEAE5?
Use black text. Black on #AFEAE5 has a contrast ratio of 15.72:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #AFEAE5?
Its complementary colour is #EAAFB4, and analogous partners are #AFEAC8 and #AFD2EA.