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#CCDBED

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CCDBED

With the hex code #CCDBED, this is a very light blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 86% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 7.2 — followed by Lavender. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDDECC, a bone shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.92:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green219
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.2
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #CCDBED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCDBED.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCDBED.
14.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CCDBED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5DBEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D8ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4DFE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDBED?

With the hex code #CCDBED, this is a very light blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 86% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDBED?

Use black text. Black on #CCDBED has a contrast ratio of 14.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDBED?

Its complementary colour is #EDDECC, and analogous partners are #CCEBED and #CECCED.