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#C2DEED

Light Blue · very light cool blue

About #C2DEED

#C2DEED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 5.8); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDD1C2 — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2DEED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green222
Blue237

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 5.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.4

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

Text on #C2DEED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #C2DEED.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #C2DEED.
14.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2DEED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2DEED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DDEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D7ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6E2E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2DEED?

#C2DEED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2DEED?

Use black text. Black on #C2DEED has a contrast ratio of 14.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2DEED?

Its complementary colour is #EDD1C2, and analogous partners are #C2EDE7 and #C2C9ED.