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#C0DBDA

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C0DBDA

#C0DBDA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 86% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.4); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBC0C1 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C0DBDA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.39:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red192
Green219
Blue218

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #C0DBDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C0DBDA.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C0DBDA.
14.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C0DBDA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C0DBDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D8DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2D4DA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8DDDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C0DBDA?

#C0DBDA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 86% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C0DBDA?

Use black text. Black on #C0DBDA has a contrast ratio of 14.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C0DBDA?

Its complementary colour is #DBC0C1, and analogous partners are #C0DBCD and #C0CEDB.