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#CEECED

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CEECED

#CEECED is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.2), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDCFCE (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 — 16.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green236
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #CEECED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEECED.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEECED.
16.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEECED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E9ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E4ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5EEEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEECED?

#CEECED is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEECED?

Use black text. Black on #CEECED has a contrast ratio of 16.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEECED?

Its complementary colour is #EDCFCE, and analogous partners are #CEEDDF and #CEDCED.