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#C3DDDF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C3DDDF

With the hex code #C3DDDF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 76% red, 87% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% 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 #DFC5C3, 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 — 14.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red195
Green221
Blue223

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #C3DDDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C3DDDF.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C3DDDF.
14.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C3DDDF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C3DDDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DADF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D6DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBDFDD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C3DDDF?

With the hex code #C3DDDF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 76% red, 87% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C3DDDF?

Use black text. Black on #C3DDDF has a contrast ratio of 14.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C3DDDF?

Its complementary colour is #DFC5C3, and analogous partners are #C3DFD3 and #C3CFDF.