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#C2EEEF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C2EEEF

#C2EEEF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 93% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 5.8); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFC3C2 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2EEEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green238
Blue239

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.1
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #C2EEEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C2EEEF.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C2EEEF.
16.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2EEEF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2EEEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8EAEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE3EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B4F1EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2EEEF?

#C2EEEF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 93% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2EEEF?

Use black text. Black on #C2EEEF has a contrast ratio of 16.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2EEEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFC3C2, and analogous partners are #C2EFDA and #C2D8EF.