#C8DCE6
Ice Blue · very light cool teal
About #C8DCE6
#C8DCE6 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 86% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 6.6); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E6D2C8 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #C8DCE6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #C8DCE6?
#C8DCE6 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 86% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #C8DCE6?
Use black text. Black on #C8DCE6 has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #C8DCE6?
Its complementary colour is #E6D2C8, and analogous partners are #C8E6E1 and #C8CDE6.