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#C7E7EF

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #C7E7EF

With the hex code #C7E7EF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 91% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 6.0 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFCFC7, 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 — 16.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red199
Green231
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.4

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

Text on #C7E7EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C7E7EF.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C7E7EF.
16.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7E7EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7E7EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1E4F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DADFEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BCEAE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7E7EF?

With the hex code #C7E7EF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 91% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C7E7EF?

Use black text. Black on #C7E7EF has a contrast ratio of 16.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7E7EF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFC7, and analogous partners are #C7EFE3 and #C7D3EF.