#CBDCEF
Ice Blue · very light cool blue
About #CBDCEF
#CBDCEF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 86% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.1); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFDECB — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBDCEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CBDCEF
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CBDCEF?
#CBDCEF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 86% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CBDCEF?
Use black text. Black on #CBDCEF has a contrast ratio of 15.02:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CBDCEF?
Its complementary colour is #EFDECB, and analogous partners are #CBEEEF and #CCCBEF.