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#C2EFEB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C2EFEB

#C2EFEB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 94% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.4); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFC2C6 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2EFEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green239
Blue235

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #C2EFEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C2EFEB.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C2EFEB.
16.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2EFEB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2EFEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEAEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E3EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5F1EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2EFEB?

#C2EFEB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 94% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2EFEB?

Use black text. Black on #C2EFEB has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2EFEB?

Its complementary colour is #EFC2C6, and analogous partners are #C2EFD5 and #C2DDEF.