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#CDEEEC

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDEEEC

#CDEEEC is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 93% 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 8.3), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EECDCF (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 17.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green238
Blue236

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.0
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #CDEEEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDEEEC.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDEEEC.
17.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEEEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEAEC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E5EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4F0ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEEEC?

#CDEEEC is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 93% 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 #CDEEEC?

Use black text. Black on #CDEEEC has a contrast ratio of 17.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEEEC?

Its complementary colour is #EECDCF, and analogous partners are #CDEEDC and #CDE0EE.