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#C7EBEF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C7EBEF

#C7EBEF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 92% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.0), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCBC7 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red199
Green235
Blue239

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #C7EBEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C7EBEF.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C7EBEF.
16.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7EBEF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7EBEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5E8EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE2EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBEEEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7EBEF?

#C7EBEF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 92% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C7EBEF?

Use black text. Black on #C7EBEF has a contrast ratio of 16.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7EBEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCBC7, and analogous partners are #C7EFDF and #C7D7EF.