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#CDEDEB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDEDEB

#CDEDEB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

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

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDEDEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green237
Blue235

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #CDEDEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDEDEB.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDEDEB.
16.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEDEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E9EB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E5EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4EFEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEDEB?

#CDEDEB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEDEB?

Use black text. Black on #CDEDEB has a contrast ratio of 16.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEDEB?

Its complementary colour is #EDCDCF, and analogous partners are #CDEDDB and #CDDFED.