#CBDAE5
Ice Blue · very light neutral
About #CBDAE5
#CBDAE5 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 85% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 6.9); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E5D6CB — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBDAE5 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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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CBDAE5
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #CBDAE5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CBDAE5?
#CBDAE5 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 85% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
›What text colour should I use on #CBDAE5?
Use black text. Black on #CBDAE5 has a contrast ratio of 14.70:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CBDAE5?
Its complementary colour is #E5D6CB, and analogous partners are #CBE5E3 and #CBCDE5.