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#C7EFED

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C7EFED

With the hex code #C7EFED, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 94% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% 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 7.3 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFC7C9, 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 — 17.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red199
Green239
Blue237

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #C7EFED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C7EFED.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C7EFED.
17.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7EFED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7EFED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEBED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E5ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBF1EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7EFED?

With the hex code #C7EFED, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 94% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C7EFED?

Use black text. Black on #C7EFED has a contrast ratio of 17.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7EFED?

Its complementary colour is #EFC7C9, and analogous partners are #C7EFD9 and #C7DDEF.