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#C4E0DD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C4E0DD

#C4E0DD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 88% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.7); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0C4C7 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4E0DD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.05:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red196
Green224
Blue221

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #C4E0DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4E0DD.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4E0DD.
15.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4E0DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4E0DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDDDDD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D8DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDE2DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4E0DD?

#C4E0DD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 88% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4E0DD?

Use black text. Black on #C4E0DD has a contrast ratio of 15.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4E0DD?

Its complementary colour is #E0C4C7, and analogous partners are #C4E0CF and #C4D5E0.