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#CBE4E8

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CBE4E8

With the hex code #CBE4E8, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 89% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 6.3 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E8CFCB, a bone shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.80:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green228
Blue232

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #CBE4E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CBE4E8.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CBE4E8.
15.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBE4E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBE4E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E2E8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DADEE8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3E6E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBE4E8?

With the hex code #CBE4E8, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 89% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBE4E8?

Use black text. Black on #CBE4E8 has a contrast ratio of 15.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBE4E8?

Its complementary colour is #E8CFCB, and analogous partners are #CBE8DE and #CBD6E8.