#CEEDEA
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #CEEDEA
#CEEDEA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.8); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDCED1 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEEDEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.93:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CEEDEA?
#CEEDEA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CEEDEA?
Use black text. Black on #CEEDEA has a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CEEDEA?
Its complementary colour is #EDCED1, and analogous partners are #CEEDDB and #CEE1ED.