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#CFEFEC

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFEFEC

#CFEFEC is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.0), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCFD2 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.21:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green239
Blue236

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #CFEFEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CFEFEC.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CFEFEC.
17.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBEBEC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E6EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6F1EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFEC?

#CFEFEC is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFEC?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFEC has a contrast ratio of 17.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFEC?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFD2, and analogous partners are #CFEFDC and #CFE2EF.