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#CDF2F1

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDF2F1

#CDF2F1 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.4), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F2CDCE (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 — 17.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green242
Blue241

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #CDF2F1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDF2F1.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDF2F1.
17.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF2F1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF2F1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDEEF1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E8F1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2F4F2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF2F1?

#CDF2F1 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF2F1?

Use black text. Black on #CDF2F1 has a contrast ratio of 17.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF2F1?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDCE, and analogous partners are #CDF2DE and #CDE1F2.