#CADEEA
Ice Blue · very light cool blue
About #CADEEA
#CADEEA is a very light, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 79% red, 87% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.7), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EAD6CA (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 15.15:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CADEEA
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How #CADEEA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CADEEA?
#CADEEA is a very light, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 79% red, 87% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CADEEA?
Use black text. Black on #CADEEA has a contrast ratio of 15.15:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CADEEA?
Its complementary colour is #EAD6CA, and analogous partners are #CAEAE6 and #CACEEA.