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#CBEEF1

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CBEEF1

#CBEEF1 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.1), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F1CECB (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 — 17.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green238
Blue241

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.1
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #CBEEF1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CBEEF1.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CBEEF1.
17.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBEEF1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBEEF1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8EBF1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E5F1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0F1EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBEEF1?

#CBEEF1 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBEEF1?

Use black text. Black on #CBEEF1 has a contrast ratio of 17.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBEEF1?

Its complementary colour is #F1CECB, and analogous partners are #CBF1E1 and #CBDBF1.