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#CFEAF2

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFEAF2

#CFEAF2 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 92% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% 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 #F2D7CF — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEAF2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.70:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green234
Blue242

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #CFEAF2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFEAF2.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFEAF2.
16.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFEAF2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFEAF2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E8F2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE3F2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5EDEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEAF2?

#CFEAF2 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 92% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEAF2?

Use black text. Black on #CFEAF2 has a contrast ratio of 16.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEAF2?

Its complementary colour is #F2D7CF, and analogous partners are #CFF2E9 and #CFD8F2.