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#C7DAEF

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #C7DAEF

#C7DAEF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 85% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.4); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFDCC7 — a champagne tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C7DAEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red199
Green218
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.4
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #C7DAEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C7DAEF.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C7DAEF.
14.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7DAEF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7DAEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3DAF0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CED6EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDDFE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7DAEF?

#C7DAEF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 85% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C7DAEF?

Use black text. Black on #C7DAEF has a contrast ratio of 14.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7DAEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFDCC7, and analogous partners are #C7EEEF and #C8C7EF.