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#CDF4F2

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDF4F2

#CDF4F2 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 96% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.9), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F4CDCF (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 17.82:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green244
Blue242

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CDF4F2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDF4F2.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CDF4F2.
17.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF4F2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF4F2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFF0F2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7EAF2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2F6F3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF4F2?

#CDF4F2 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 96% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF4F2?

Use black text. Black on #CDF4F2 has a contrast ratio of 17.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF4F2?

Its complementary colour is #F4CDCF, and analogous partners are #CDF4DF and #CDE3F4.