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#CEEDE9

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CEEDE9

#CEEDE9 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.1), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDCED2 (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 — 16.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green237
Blue233

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.1
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #CEEDE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CEEDE9.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CEEDE9.
16.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEDE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEDE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E9E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E5E9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6EFEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEDE9?

#CEEDE9 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEDE9?

Use black text. Black on #CEEDE9 has a contrast ratio of 16.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEDE9?

Its complementary colour is #EDCED2, and analogous partners are #CEEDDA and #CEE2ED.