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#C5FFFD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C5FFFD

With the hex code #C5FFFD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 100% green and 99% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 11.4 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FFC5C7, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.10:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red197
Green255
Blue253

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #C5FFFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C5FFFD.
1.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C5FFFD.
19.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C5FFFD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C5FFFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F8F9FD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECF0FE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3FFFE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C5FFFD?

With the hex code #C5FFFD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 100% green and 99% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C5FFFD?

Use black text. Black on #C5FFFD has a contrast ratio of 19.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C5FFFD?

Its complementary colour is #FFC5C7, and analogous partners are #C5FFE0 and #C5E4FF.