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#CFEDE9

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFEDE9

#CFEDE9 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.3); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDCFD3 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEDE9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green237
Blue233

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #CFEDE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CFEDE9.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CFEDE9.
16.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFEDE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFEDE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE9E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E5E9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7EFEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEDE9?

#CFEDE9 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEDE9?

Use black text. Black on #CFEDE9 has a contrast ratio of 16.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEDE9?

Its complementary colour is #EDCFD3, and analogous partners are #CFEDDA and #CFE2ED.