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#C7EAEF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C7EAEF

With the hex code #C7EAEF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 92% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 6.0 — followed by Ice Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFCCC7, 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 — 16.44:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red199
Green234
Blue239

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.5

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

Text on #C7EAEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C7EAEF.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C7EAEF.
16.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7EAEF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7EAEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E7EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE1EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBEDEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7EAEF?

With the hex code #C7EAEF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 92% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C7EAEF?

Use black text. Black on #C7EAEF has a contrast ratio of 16.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7EAEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCCC7, and analogous partners are #C7EFE0 and #C7D6EF.