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#CFFAFD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #CFFAFD

#CFFAFD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 98% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.6); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDD2CF — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFFAFD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green250
Blue253

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #CFFAFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CFFAFD.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #CFFAFD.
18.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFFAFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3F6FD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBEFFD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1FDFB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFAFD?

#CFFAFD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 98% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFAFD?

Use black text. Black on #CFFAFD has a contrast ratio of 18.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFAFD?

Its complementary colour is #FDD2CF, and analogous partners are #CFFDE9 and #CFE3FD.