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#CFF8FC

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFF8FC

#CFF8FC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 97% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.7); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FCD3CF — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFF8FC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green248
Blue252

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #CFF8FC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFF8FC.
1.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFF8FC.
18.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF8FC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF8FC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1F4FC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9EEFC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2FBF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF8FC?

#CFF8FC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 97% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF8FC?

Use black text. Black on #CFF8FC has a contrast ratio of 18.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF8FC?

Its complementary colour is #FCD3CF, and analogous partners are #CFFCEA and #CFE2FC.