#C3D4E4
Light Blue · very light cool blue
About #C3D4E4
#C3D4E4 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 83% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Blue (ΔE 8.6); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4D3C3 — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #C3D4E4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.86:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #C3D4E4
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #C3D4E4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #C3D4E4?
#C3D4E4 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 83% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #C3D4E4?
Use black text. Black on #C3D4E4 has a contrast ratio of 13.86:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #C3D4E4?
Its complementary colour is #E4D3C3, and analogous partners are #C3E4E3 and #C3C4E4.