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#C8EDF0

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C8EDF0

#C8EDF0 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 93% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.4); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F0CBC8 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C8EDF0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red200
Green237
Blue240

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #C8EDF0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C8EDF0.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C8EDF0.
16.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8EDF0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8EDF0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E9F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E4F0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BCF0EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8EDF0?

#C8EDF0 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 93% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8EDF0?

Use black text. Black on #C8EDF0 has a contrast ratio of 16.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8EDF0?

Its complementary colour is #F0CBC8, and analogous partners are #C8F0DF and #C8D9F0.