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#C4E0DA

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C4E0DA

#C4E0DA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 88% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.7); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0C4CA — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4E0DA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red196
Green224
Blue218

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #C4E0DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4E0DA.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4E0DA.
15.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4E0DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4E0DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDDCDA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D8DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDE1DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4E0DA?

#C4E0DA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 88% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4E0DA?

Use black text. Black on #C4E0DA has a contrast ratio of 15.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4E0DA?

Its complementary colour is #E0C4CA, and analogous partners are #C4E0CC and #C4D8E0.