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#CDECE7

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDECE7

With the hex code #CDECE7, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 93% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 9.1 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECCDD2, 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 — 16.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green236
Blue231

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #CDECE7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDECE7.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDECE7.
16.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDECE7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDECE7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E8E7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E4E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5EDEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDECE7?

With the hex code #CDECE7, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 93% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDECE7?

Use black text. Black on #CDECE7 has a contrast ratio of 16.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDECE7?

Its complementary colour is #ECCDD2, and analogous partners are #CDECD8 and #CDE2EC.