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#C3F7FF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C3F7FF

#C3F7FF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 76% red, 97% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 24% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.0), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FFCBC3 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red195
Green247
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #C3F7FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C3F7FF.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C3F7FF.
18.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C3F7FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C3F7FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEF3FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4EAFF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B0FCF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C3F7FF?

#C3F7FF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 76% red, 97% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 24% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C3F7FF?

Use black text. Black on #C3F7FF has a contrast ratio of 18.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C3F7FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFCBC3, and analogous partners are #C3FFE9 and #C3D9FF.