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#CCDFE5

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #CCDFE5

#CCDFE5 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 6.3); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E5D2CC — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCDFE5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red204
Green223
Blue229

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #CCDFE5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCDFE5.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCDFE5.
15.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDFE5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDFE5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBDEE5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7DAE5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5E1E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDFE5?

#CCDFE5 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDFE5?

Use black text. Black on #CCDFE5 has a contrast ratio of 15.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDFE5?

Its complementary colour is #E5D2CC, and analogous partners are #CCE5DF and #CCD3E5.