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#C8DBE2

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #C8DBE2

With the hex code #C8DBE2, this is a very light teal with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 86% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 7.3 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E2CFC8, a bone shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.69:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red200
Green219
Blue226

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #C8DBE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C8DBE2.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C8DBE2.
14.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8DBE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8DBE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DAE2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D6E2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1DDDD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8DBE2?

With the hex code #C8DBE2, this is a very light teal with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 86% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #C8DBE2?

Use black text. Black on #C8DBE2 has a contrast ratio of 14.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8DBE2?

Its complementary colour is #E2CFC8, and analogous partners are #C8E2DC and #C8CEE2.