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#C4EAED

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C4EAED

#C4EAED is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 77% red, 92% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 5.3), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDC7C4 (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 — 16.34:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red196
Green234
Blue237

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #C4EAED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4EAED.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4EAED.
16.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4EAED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4EAED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E6ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCE0ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8EDEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4EAED?

#C4EAED is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 77% red, 92% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4EAED?

Use black text. Black on #C4EAED has a contrast ratio of 16.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4EAED?

Its complementary colour is #EDC7C4, and analogous partners are #C4EDDC and #C4D5ED.