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#CFEBF1

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFEBF1

#CFEBF1 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, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.8); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F1D5CF — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEBF1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.81:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green235
Blue241

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #CFEBF1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFEBF1.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFEBF1.
16.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFEBF1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFEBF1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6E9F1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E4F1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6EEED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEBF1?

#CFEBF1 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, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEBF1?

Use black text. Black on #CFEBF1 has a contrast ratio of 16.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEBF1?

Its complementary colour is #F1D5CF, and analogous partners are #CFF1E6 and #CFDAF1.