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#CBF0ED

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CBF0ED

#CBF0ED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 94% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.3); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F0CBCE — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBF0ED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green240
Blue237

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CBF0ED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CBF0ED.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CBF0ED.
17.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF0ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF0ED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBECED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E6ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1F2EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF0ED?

#CBF0ED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 94% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF0ED?

Use black text. Black on #CBF0ED has a contrast ratio of 17.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF0ED?

Its complementary colour is #F0CBCE, and analogous partners are #CBF0DB and #CBE0F0.