#CDEDEA
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #CDEDEA
#CDEDEA is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.6), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDCDD0 (baby pink), its complementary partner.
Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.90:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CDEDEA?
#CDEDEA is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CDEDEA?
Use black text. Black on #CDEDEA has a contrast ratio of 16.90:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CDEDEA?
Its complementary colour is #EDCDD0, and analogous partners are #CDEDDA and #CDE0ED.