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#CDEFEE

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDEFEE

#CDEFEE is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 94% green and 93% 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 similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.2), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCDCE (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 17.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green239
Blue238

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #CDEFEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDEFEE.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDEFEE.
17.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEFEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEBEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E6EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3F1EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEFEE?

#CDEFEE is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 94% green and 93% 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 #CDEFEE?

Use black text. Black on #CDEFEE has a contrast ratio of 17.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEFEE?

Its complementary colour is #EFCDCE, and analogous partners are #CDEFDD and #CDDFEF.