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#C4EFEF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C4EFEF

#C4EFEF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 94% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.4); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFC4C4 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4EFEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red196
Green239
Blue239

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #C4EFEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4EFEF.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C4EFEF.
16.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4EFEF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4EFEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9EBEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E4EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7F2EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4EFEF?

#C4EFEF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 94% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4EFEF?

Use black text. Black on #C4EFEF has a contrast ratio of 16.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4EFEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFC4C4, and analogous partners are #C4EFDA and #C4DAEF.