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#C6E2DF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C6E2DF

#C6E2DF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 89% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.9); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2C6C9 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C6E2DF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.35:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green226
Blue223

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #C6E2DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C6E2DF.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C6E2DF.
15.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6E2DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6E2DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFDFDF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9DADF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFE4E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6E2DF?

#C6E2DF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 89% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C6E2DF?

Use black text. Black on #C6E2DF has a contrast ratio of 15.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6E2DF?

Its complementary colour is #E2C6C9, and analogous partners are #C6E2D1 and #C6D7E2.