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#CDEEEF

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDEEEF

#CDEEEF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.7), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCECD (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green238
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #CDEEEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDEEEF.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDEEEF.
17.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEEEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9EBEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E5EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3F0EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEEEF?

#CDEEEF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEEEF?

Use black text. Black on #CDEEEF has a contrast ratio of 17.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEEEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCECD, and analogous partners are #CDEFDF and #CDDDEF.