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#C6FBFD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C6FBFD

With the hex code #C6FBFD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 98% green and 99% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 9.4 — followed by Ice Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FDC8C6, 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 — 18.62:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green251
Blue253

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #C6FBFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C6FBFD.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C6FBFD.
18.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6FBFD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6FBFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3F6FD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9EEFD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5FFFB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6FBFD?

With the hex code #C6FBFD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 98% green and 99% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C6FBFD?

Use black text. Black on #C6FBFD has a contrast ratio of 18.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6FBFD?

Its complementary colour is #FDC8C6, and analogous partners are #C6FDE4 and #C6DFFD.