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#C2F6FF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C2F6FF

#C2F6FF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 96% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.8); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFCBC2 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2F6FF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.92:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green246
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #C2F6FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C2F6FF.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C2F6FF.
17.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2F6FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2F6FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDF2FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E9FF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AFFBF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2F6FF?

#C2F6FF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 96% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2F6FF?

Use black text. Black on #C2F6FF has a contrast ratio of 17.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2F6FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFCBC2, and analogous partners are #C2FFE9 and #C2D8FF.