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#C5E2FF

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #C5E2FF

With the hex code #C5E2FF, this is a very light blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 89% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 10.3 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FFE2C5, a champagne shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red197
Green226
Blue255

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.6
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #C5E2FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C5E2FF.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C5E2FF.
15.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C5E2FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C5E2FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7E2FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0DCFE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5E9EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C5E2FF?

With the hex code #C5E2FF, this is a very light blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 89% green and 100% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C5E2FF?

Use black text. Black on #C5E2FF has a contrast ratio of 15.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C5E2FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFE2C5, and analogous partners are #C5FFFF and #C5C5FF.