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#CBEDEF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CBEDEF

#CBEDEF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.2), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCDCB (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green237
Blue239

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CBEDEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CBEDEF.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CBEDEF.
16.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CBEDEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8EAEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E4EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1F0ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBEDEF?

#CBEDEF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBEDEF?

Use black text. Black on #CBEDEF has a contrast ratio of 16.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBEDEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCDCB, and analogous partners are #CBEFDF and #CBDBEF.