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#CCE5DF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CCE5DF

#CCE5DF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 90% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.8); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E5CCD2 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCE5DF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green229
Blue223

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #CCE5DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CCE5DF.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CCE5DF.
15.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE5DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE5DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3E2DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEDEDF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6E6E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE5DF?

#CCE5DF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 90% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE5DF?

Use black text. Black on #CCE5DF has a contrast ratio of 15.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE5DF?

Its complementary colour is #E5CCD2, and analogous partners are #CCE5D3 and #CCDFE5.