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#C8DEE6

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #C8DEE6

#C8DEE6 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 87% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 6.4), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E6D0C8 (bone), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.05:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red200
Green222
Blue230

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #C8DEE6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C8DEE6.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #C8DEE6.
15.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8DEE6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8DEE6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DCE6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D9E6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0E1E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8DEE6?

#C8DEE6 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 87% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8DEE6?

Use black text. Black on #C8DEE6 has a contrast ratio of 15.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8DEE6?

Its complementary colour is #E6D0C8, and analogous partners are #C8E6DF and #C8CFE6.