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#CDF2EF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDF2EF

#CDF2EF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.8); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CDD0 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDF2EF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green242
Blue239

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #CDF2EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDF2EF.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDF2EF.
17.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF2EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF2EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDEEEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E8EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3F4F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF2EF?

#CDF2EF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF2EF?

Use black text. Black on #CDF2EF has a contrast ratio of 17.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF2EF?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDD0, and analogous partners are #CDF2DD and #CDE2F2.