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#CEEFED

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CEEFED

#CEEFED is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.6), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCED0 (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 — 17.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green239
Blue237

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #CEEFED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CEEFED.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CEEFED.
17.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEEFED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBEBED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E6ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5F1EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEFED?

#CEEFED is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEFED?

Use black text. Black on #CEEFED has a contrast ratio of 17.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEFED?

Its complementary colour is #EFCED0, and analogous partners are #CEEFDD and #CEE1EF.