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#CFECED

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFECED

#CFECED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.0); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDD0CF — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFECED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green236
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #CFECED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFECED.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFECED.
16.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFECED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E9ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E4ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6EEEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFECED?

#CFECED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFECED?

Use black text. Black on #CFECED has a contrast ratio of 16.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFECED?

Its complementary colour is #EDD0CF, and analogous partners are #CFEDDF and #CFDDED.