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#CEEDEC

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CEEDEC

#CEEDEC 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 similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.2), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDCECF (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 16.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green237
Blue236

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #CEEDEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEEDEC.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEEDEC.
16.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEEDEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9EAEC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E5EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5EFED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEDEC?

#CEEDEC 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 #CEEDEC?

Use black text. Black on #CEEDEC has a contrast ratio of 16.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEDEC?

Its complementary colour is #EDCECF, and analogous partners are #CEEDDD and #CEDFED.