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#C8EAEB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C8EAEB

With the hex code #C8EAEB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 92% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% 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 6.6 — followed by Ice Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EBC9C8, 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 — 16.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green234
Blue235

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #C8EAEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C8EAEB.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C8EAEB.
16.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8EAEB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8EAEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5E7EB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE1EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEEDEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8EAEB?

With the hex code #C8EAEB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 92% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8EAEB?

Use black text. Black on #C8EAEB has a contrast ratio of 16.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8EAEB?

Its complementary colour is #EBC9C8, and analogous partners are #C8EBDB and #C8D8EB.