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#CCDFE8

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #CCDFE8

#CCDFE8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.6); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8D5CC — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCDFE8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.29:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green223
Blue232

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #CCDFE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCDFE8.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCDFE8.
15.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCDFE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCDFE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DADEE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6DAE8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5E2E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCDFE8?

#CCDFE8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #CCDFE8?

Use black text. Black on #CCDFE8 has a contrast ratio of 15.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCDFE8?

Its complementary colour is #E8D5CC, and analogous partners are #CCE8E3 and #CCD1E8.