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#CEEFEB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CEEFEB

#CEEFEB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.1); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCED2 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEEFEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.17:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green239
Blue235

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #CEEFEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CEEFEB.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CEEFEB.
17.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEEFEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBEBEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E6EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5F1EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEFEB?

#CEEFEB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEFEB?

Use black text. Black on #CEEFEB has a contrast ratio of 17.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEFEB?

Its complementary colour is #EFCED2, and analogous partners are #CEEFDB and #CEE3EF.