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#C0DBDB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C0DBDB

With the hex code #C0DBDB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 86% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 7.2 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBC0C0, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red192
Green219
Blue219

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.5

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

Text on #C0DBDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C0DBDB.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C0DBDB.
14.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C0DBDB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C0DBDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D8DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2D4DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8DDDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C0DBDB?

With the hex code #C0DBDB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 86% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C0DBDB?

Use black text. Black on #C0DBDB has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C0DBDB?

Its complementary colour is #DBC0C0, and analogous partners are #C0DBCE and #C0CEDB.