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#CFE7EF

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFE7EF

#CFE7EF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 91% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.0); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFD7CF — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFE7EF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green231
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #CFE7EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFE7EF.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFE7EF.
16.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFE7EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFE7EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2E5EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE1EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6EAE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFE7EF?

#CFE7EF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 91% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFE7EF?

Use black text. Black on #CFE7EF has a contrast ratio of 16.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFE7EF?

Its complementary colour is #EFD7CF, and analogous partners are #CFEFE7 and #CFD7EF.