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#CDF2EE

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDF2EE

#CDF2EE is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.1), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F2CDD1 (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 17.53:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green242
Blue238

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #CDF2EE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDF2EE.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDF2EE.
17.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF2EE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF2EE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEEEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E8EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3F4F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF2EE?

#CDF2EE is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF2EE?

Use black text. Black on #CDF2EE has a contrast ratio of 17.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF2EE?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDD1, and analogous partners are #CDF2DC and #CDE3F2.