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#CEEFEA

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CEEFEA

#CEEFEA is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.9), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCED3 (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 17.16:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green239
Blue234

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #CEEFEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEFEA.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEFEA.
17.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEEFEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBEBEA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E6EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6F1ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEFEA?

#CEEFEA is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEFEA?

Use black text. Black on #CEEFEA has a contrast ratio of 17.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEFEA?

Its complementary colour is #EFCED3, and analogous partners are #CEEFD9 and #CEE4EF.