#CBDDF1
Ice Blue · very light cool blue
About #CBDDF1
#CBDDF1 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% 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 #F1DFCB — a champagne tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBDDF1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 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 #CBDDF1
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #CBDDF1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CBDDF1?
#CBDDF1 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CBDDF1?
Use black text. Black on #CBDDF1 has a contrast ratio of 15.15:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CBDDF1?
Its complementary colour is #F1DFCB, and analogous partners are #CBF0F1 and #CCCBF1.