Nearest-color comparison

Pastel Teal vs Light Blue

Pastel Teal and Light Blue are different cyan and blue colors with HEX values #9FD8D2 and #ADD8E6. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 24.4, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Pastel Teal and Light Blue are very close colors. Light Blue is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Pastel Teal#9FD8D2

Light Blue#ADD8E6

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Pastel Teal and Light Blue across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance24.4

Pair contrast1.04:1

Luminance delta0.0257

Hue delta21 deg

Lighter colorLight Blue

More saturatedLight Blue

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

cyan color

Pastel Teal

Pastel Teal is #9FD8D2, a cool cyan color with balanced character. Compared with Light Blue, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#9FD8D2 RGB159, 216, 210 HSL174, 42, 74 CMYK26, 0, 3, 15 Luminance0.6114 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

blue color

Light Blue

Light Blue is #ADD8E6, a cool blue color with balanced character. Compared with Pastel Teal, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#ADD8E6 RGB173, 216, 230 HSL195, 53, 79 CMYK25, 6, 0, 10 Luminance0.6371 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Pastel Teal or Light Blue

Choose Pastel TealPastel Teal is better when the design needs balanced cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9FD8D2.

Choose Light BlueLight Blue is better when the design needs balanced blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #ADD8E6.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPastel TealLight Blue

HEX#9FD8D2#ADD8E6

RGB159, 216, 210173, 216, 230

HSL174, 42, 74195, 53, 79

CMYK26, 0, 3, 1525, 6, 0, 10

FamilyCyanBlue

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneBalancedBalanced

Luminance0.61140.6371

Black contrast13.23:113.74:1

White contrast1.59:11.53:1

Shared tonesBalanced

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Pastel Tealblack text - 13.23:1

Light Blueblack text - 13.74:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Pastel Teal#9FD8D2

Light Blue#ADD8E6

#E2F3F1#E2F3F1

#F3F9FB#F3F9FB

#D9A1A6#D9A1A6

#E6BBAD#E6BBAD

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "slug": "light-blue",
    "name": "Light Blue",
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    },
    "description": "Light Blue is #ADD8E6, a cool blue color with balanced character. Compared with Pastel Teal, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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    "saturation": 11,
    "lightness": 5
  },
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  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "balanced"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Light Blue",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Light Blue"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.04,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Pastel Teal",
      "background": "#9FD8D2",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.23
    },
    {
      "color": "Light Blue",
      "background": "#ADD8E6",
      "foreground": "#000000",
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      "ratio": 13.74
    }
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Light Blue is better when the design needs balanced blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #ADD8E6.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
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Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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