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#C4E1E2

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C4E1E2

#C4E1E2 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 88% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.6); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2C5C4 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4E1E2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.22:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red196
Green225
Blue226

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.8

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

Text on #C4E1E2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4E1E2.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4E1E2.
15.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4E1E2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4E1E2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDDEE2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D9E2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBE3E1

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4E1E2?

#C4E1E2 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 88% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4E1E2?

Use black text. Black on #C4E1E2 has a contrast ratio of 15.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4E1E2?

Its complementary colour is #E2C5C4, and analogous partners are #C4E2D4 and #C4D2E2.