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#CFEFEF

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFEFEF

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

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.9), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCFCF (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green239
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.5
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #CFEFEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFEFEF.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFEFEF.
17.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAECEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E7EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6F1EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFEF?

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

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFEF?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFEF has a contrast ratio of 17.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFCF, and analogous partners are #CFEFDF and #CFDFEF.