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#C9EDED

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #C9EDED

With the hex code #C9EDED, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 93% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 7.0 — followed by Ice Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDC9C9, 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 — 16.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red201
Green237
Blue237

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #C9EDED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C9EDED.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #C9EDED.
16.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C9EDED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C9EDED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E9ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E4ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEF0ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C9EDED?

With the hex code #C9EDED, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 93% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C9EDED?

Use black text. Black on #C9EDED has a contrast ratio of 16.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C9EDED?

Its complementary colour is #EDC9C9, and analogous partners are #C9EDDB and #C9DBED.