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#C8E8EA

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C8E8EA

With the hex code #C8E8EA, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 91% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Ice Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EACAC8, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.19:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red200
Green232
Blue234

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.5
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #C8E8EA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C8E8EA.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C8E8EA.
16.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8E8EA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8E8EA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3E5EA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCE0EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEEBE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8E8EA?

With the hex code #C8E8EA, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 91% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8E8EA?

Use black text. Black on #C8E8EA has a contrast ratio of 16.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8E8EA?

Its complementary colour is #EACAC8, and analogous partners are #C8EADB and #C8D7EA.