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#CCDCE6

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #CCDCE6

With the hex code #CCDCE6, this is a very light blue with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 86% green and 90% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 6.3 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E6D6CC, 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 14.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green220
Blue230

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.9
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #CCDCE6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCDCE6.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCDCE6.
14.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDCE6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDCE6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8DBE7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D8E6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6DFDF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDCE6?

With the hex code #CCDCE6, this is a very light blue with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 86% green and 90% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDCE6?

Use black text. Black on #CCDCE6 has a contrast ratio of 14.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDCE6?

Its complementary colour is #E6D6CC, and analogous partners are #CCE6E3 and #CCCFE6.