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#C2E5EF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C2E5EF

#C2E5EF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 90% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 5.5); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCCC2 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2E5EF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green229
Blue239

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 5.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.9

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

Text on #C2E5EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C2E5EF.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C2E5EF.
15.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2E5EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2E5EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEE2F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6DCEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5E9E8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2E5EF?

#C2E5EF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 90% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2E5EF?

Use black text. Black on #C2E5EF has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2E5EF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCCC2, and analogous partners are #C2EFE3 and #C2CFEF.