#CFEFED
Ice Blue · very light cool teal
About #CFEFED
#CFEFED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.8); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCFD1 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEFED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CFEFED
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CFEFED?
#CFEFED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CFEFED?
Use black text. Black on #CFEFED has a contrast ratio of 17.22:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CFEFED?
Its complementary colour is #EFCFD1, and analogous partners are #CFEFDD and #CFE1EF.