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#CFEFEB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFEFEB

With the hex code #CFEFEB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 94% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 9.3 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFCFD3, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.20:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green239
Blue235

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #CFEFEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CFEFEB.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CFEFEB.
17.20:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBEBEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E6EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7F1EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFEB?

With the hex code #CFEFEB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 94% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFEB?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFEB has a contrast ratio of 17.20:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFEB?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFD3, and analogous partners are #CFEFDB and #CFE3EF.